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New York Post
By ANDREW STRICKLER
Last Updated: 6:39 PM, September 19, 2012
An explicit video of an underage girl having sex with her boyfriend will remain locked in a safe at the Brooklyn district attorney’s office — for now.
The tape is a point of contention in the ongoing case against Nechemya Weberman, 53, a Hasidic spiritual counselor charged last year with sexually abusing the same girl.
His attorneys want the video and related investigative files made available to jurors in Weberman’s trial, scheduled to begin next month.
They argue that the tape, secretly recorded by the girl’s father with Weberman’s involvement, triggered her “extreme” anger at Weberman, and a vengeful accusation that he forced her to have sex with him.
Supreme Court Judge John Ingram today denied the request, citing the “very sensitive nature of that videotape.” He also noted that Weberman’s name only appeared once in the case file, and that investigators never interviewed Weberman about the video. The boyfriend was never charged.
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