More My father Hamithe chairman of the Bar Association who resigned from his position, was interviewed today (Tuesday) by ‘News 12’ and addressed for the first time the uproar after the report published in ‘News 13’, claiming that he sexually harassed a lawyer who depended on him for promotion.
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“The last day is the hardest in my life, I can’t look my wife and my children in the eyes,” said Hami at the beginning of his words, “the story is simple, the one that is not told, I had an intimate relationship with that lawyer, and the video shown is part of that long relationship, it is impossible To say that I’m a sex offender, you can’t say that I did something obscene.”
“I expected, before they published this thing, that they would invite me and her to a polygraph to ask what the nature of the relationship was,” he added, “Is this really a one-time event that was imposed on her? Or is it part of a long event? How can you destroy a private person’s life? I did not behave in an immoral way, It was a consensual relationship between two adults and it was done without any act, God forbid, that was criminal. I didn’t hurt her and I didn’t hurt anyone.”
After that, Hami replied to the question of how the matter with her was handled if it was necessary to recommend her promotion: “I am asked to submit dozens and hundreds of opinions of lawyers who contact me because of my acquaintance with them. I had a personal relationship with that lawyer, but also a professional relationship. She was a lawyer Din Tova, the opinion I gave in the petition is measured and can be reviewed. She asked me to submit the opinion. You can say that I made a mistake in actually submitting the opinion, but it was measured and professional.”
“They did not tell the viewers in the report that she did not pass the stages of her initial screening,” pointed out Himi, “If I really wanted to help her then I would probably make sure she passed this low stage. I did nothing in her case. I am ready to go to a polygraph and any other test I am under political elimination just because I oppose the legal revolution, there is an evil axis in front of me, but I am strong and will face it.”