Police letting disgraced Gal Uchovsky off the hook
Police plan to recommend dropping sexual assault charges against screenwriter and producer Gal Uchovsky, one of the most prominent LGBT rights activists in Israel, Channel 13 reported Thursday.This is simply pathetic, and only suggests they deliberately intended to avoid confronting the issue seriously. But it's hardly shocking, and chances are even the disgraced Chaim Walder would've gotten off with barely a slap on the wrist too, given the way the police are approaching these cases. Certainly, Uchovsky won't be able to continue his undeserved career in light of the accusations, nor will he be able to act like a "moralist" after this, with his career in such reputational tatters. But this still rates as a travesty of justice, and allows monsters to roam free when they don't deserve it.
Police opened an investigation into Uchovsky in November after the Kan public broadcaster published testimonies of men who said that Uchovsky sexually assaulted them in recent years.
Channel 13 said that after interviewing Uchovsky and the accusers, including a meeting between them, police believe that in two of the cases there was no indication of any criminal behavior on Uchovsky’s part.
In the third case, which allegedly occurred some 14 years ago, the statute of limitations had passed. As such, police had recommended that prosecutors close the case.
All that aside, while any "apology" Uchovsky issued is hard to buy, one must wonder if he's willing to apologize to people like rabbi Rafi Peretz for declaring him stupid in a way that makes Uchovsky sound vindictive, and akin to a religious fanatic in his own way. Alas, chances Uchovsky will apologize for his hypocrisy are slim. But then, even some right-wingers have to apologize to Peretz for refusing to stand by him when Uchovksy did that a few years ago. Considering the dark direction Uchovsky took, that's exactly why the right should not have stood around in Kitty Genovese syndrome when Uchovsky attacked Peretz because he supports conversion therapy.
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