Report: A young man claims that a senior Tel Aviv municipality official sexually abused him when he was a minor

by time news

Has a senior Tel Aviv municipality official sexually abused a minor? In an investigation published tonight (Wednesday) in News 12, 28-year-old Amir (pseudonym) told how, according to him, a senior municipal official, a well-known figure, sexually exploited him when he was a minor in need of money, lived on the street and turned into prostitution. Similar allegations were first published in “Israel Today”.

According to the publication in News 12, Amir came out of the closet at a young age but it was difficult for the immediate environment and family to accept him. He left home and at the age of 15 found himself trying to survive alone on the streets of Tel Aviv. “Pretty soon I found myself in the dark areas of Tel Aviv, the old central station, south of the city, in stairwells, on benches,” he said. “I had to sacrifice a lot of things to survive, and one of the things is really my body.”

He added: “Whoever comes to pay money is everyone including everyone. From unemployed people to senior executives, people from the industry, celebrities, opinion leaders, want to have sex for money. And one of the characters is one of the people who have a senior role, called it, in the municipality Tel Aviv”.

Amir said that he said that the senior official came frequently to purchase minor prostitution services. He pays him hundreds of shekels that for Amir are air to breathe, money for some food and mostly alcohol to survive the horrible nights out. “He knows I’m a minor. I was … we would talk about it all the time. I would also tell him where I was going to sleep and what I was doing. He knew very well.”

Since then, Amir has undergone a rehabilitation procedure and has left the circle of feeds through the Elam Association. He began to study, found a tidy job but the difficult past did not let go of the mind. About three years ago he happened to meet the same senior while going down to buy groceries at the supermarket near his home. “The beginning was a bit suspicious because I was looking at him, he was looking at me, asking me if I wanted a ride, if I was from the area, I straight away realized it was the man. I turned on the phone camera and went, sat down next to him.”

In an excerpt from the same video, you can see how the same senior man tries to persuade Amir to have sex with him for a fee while forcing himself on him. “The only reason I did not object immediately, so that it does not look suspicious. Because I take pictures and document it. And he keeps convincing and I still tell him no, and he just wanted to go out with something so he just reached out in the middle of the trip. Now that I think about it it’s awful “.

Amir buried the video he took. Many times he thought of publishing an anonymous post, going out to the media, but was scared. When the Gal Ohovsky affair was published about two weeks ago, he decided that he must not remain silent. He started trying to confront that senior, sent him the video he filmed and wrote to him how much he had hurt him. The senior offered him a meeting and Amir agreed. At the meeting, apparently for fear that Amir was recording the call, he moved the phones and bags to a table next to him, but the call is still recorded.

During the recorded conversation Amir was heard saying: “Did you come for how you said … clear a table? I’ll tell you something, we met several years ago several times, there’s some corner I have to close it. I was expecting to hear an apology from you, real I’m telling you. “Tell me, ‘Well, what happened was not supposed to happen.’

The senior admitted: “It’s gone up over the years. I want to clear a table. I want to close the corner not to dig there but to look ahead.” He added: “Today I do not meet with boys. I am very, very careful about these things.” For what I can do, I will help you, take me as a friend for life. ”

“I know there are people who will say I did it with consent and took the money, but the fact that I was 15 at the time made a bad decision, he should not be an accomplice to the crime,” Amir concluded. “It’s important to me first of all to tell those boys and girls that it’s okay to talk and share, you are not guilty, and on the other hand to show the world that there are a lot of people who think they are leaders and leaders but in dorm rooms they are looking for pleasures with 15 year olds.”

Senior lawyer Adv. Sharon Nahari: “He denies meeting a boy or a 15-year-old boy. He does not meet a 15-year-old boy. He does not know the guy. He talked and talked three or four years ago in a meeting of a few minutes with the same minor in the car, asked to hire my services before amending the Penal Code, this was allowed by law and there was no prohibition to do so. “As soon as the adult asked for a larger amount, he decided not to move forward with it, and that was the end of it.”

The Association for the LGBT said in response to the publication: “Tonight, another important testimony was published about sexual exploitation and solicitation for prostitution against a 15-year-old minor who simply wanted to survive when he moved to Tel Aviv. Or sexual exploitation – neither in our community nor outside it. We ask members of the proud community to continue to share, report and tell. Only thanks to you. We can create norms based on safe space and consent. We are with you.

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