Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 2:41:50 GMT -6
Israeli diplomat in Miami suspended amid child abuse allegations
Israel’s consul general to Florida and Puerto Rico was recently suspended and replaced by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs after his daughter accused him of beating her with a belt both in Jerusalem and in the family home in Aventura.
Chaim Shacham, a senior Israeli diplomat who was until recently based in Miami, was indicted for committing offenses while on a mission abroad and placed on house arrest, according to a statement and indictment by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed this week that Shacham was suspended from his post.
According to the indictment, Shacham has been charged with two counts of assaulting a minor and one count of coerced testimony.
According to the indictment, prosecutors say his teenage daughter, born in 2002, told investigators that on several occasions last year her father struck her with a leather belt as a form of punishment. On one occasion, she said he pushed her into a shower, resulting in a "hematoma {a blood clot} in her left arm," the indictment said.
Read more here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article65534982.html
Israel’s consul general to Florida and Puerto Rico was recently suspended and replaced by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs after his daughter accused him of beating her with a belt both in Jerusalem and in the family home in Aventura.
Chaim Shacham, a senior Israeli diplomat who was until recently based in Miami, was indicted for committing offenses while on a mission abroad and placed on house arrest, according to a statement and indictment by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed this week that Shacham was suspended from his post.
According to the indictment, Shacham has been charged with two counts of assaulting a minor and one count of coerced testimony.
According to the indictment, prosecutors say his teenage daughter, born in 2002, told investigators that on several occasions last year her father struck her with a leather belt as a form of punishment. On one occasion, she said he pushed her into a shower, resulting in a "hematoma {a blood clot} in her left arm," the indictment said.
Read more here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article65534982.html