NEW YORK
Failed Messiah
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The ever imploding case against accused extortionist Samuel Kellner got a new prosecutor today, the Daily News reported.
Kellner was a child sex abuse whistleblower in the Brooklyn hasidic community when he was suddenly charged with extortion by former District Attorney Charles J. Hynes based on evidence that has since proved to be false or tainted, causing many legal observers to believe that Kellner was set up by the family of accused pedophile Rabbi Baruch Lebovits in conjunction with senior prosecutors in Hynes’ office.
Kellner had brought several alleged victims of Lebovits to the D.A.’s Sex Crimes Unit, facilitating their prosecution of Lebovits.
Two prosecutors assigned to the case tried to drop the case against Kellner about three months ago and were summarily transferred and demoted by Hynes and his now Rackets Bureau chief Michael Vecchione.
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