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New York Daily News
BY OREN YANIV / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013
A Brooklyn Hasid admitted Wednesday to offering $500,000 to buy the silence of victim in a sensational sex abuse case – but the cash-flush offender may still skirt jail time.
Abraham Rubin, 49, acknowledged offering the hefty sum to the husband of a teenage girl who testified against Satmar counselor Nechemya Weberman, pleading guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court to a felony of bribing a witness.
The couple declined the bribe and the 18-year-old took the stand for four days last winter, sealing Weberman’s conviction on 59 counts in a high-profile trial that highlighted abuse in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and intimidation of those who report it. Weberman is currently serving a 50-year prison sentence.
While prosecutors offered Rubin a deal of six months in jail plus five-year probation, Justice Danny Chun agreed to the defense’s request and will consider giving a lesser or no jail time at the Oct. 29 sentencing.
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