NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY OREN YANIV
Nearly two years after a sex abuse victim had her picture taken while testifying in a high-profile trial, charges were tossed Friday against the last defendant standing.
The dismissal of a contempt rap against Yona Weissman, 24, was expected since two months ago, when a judge suppressed all evidence found on his cell phone based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that such searches require a warrant.
“In light of that, we can’t proceed with the case,” prosecutor Joseph DiBenedetto said in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
“The primary evidence against this defendant is what was found in his phone.”
After the brief hearing, Weissman said he wasn’t the one who snapped the illicit image during the closely-watched trial of Nechemya Weberman, who was convicted in 2012 for abusing an Orthodox Jewish girl whom he had spiritually mentored for three years.
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