WASHINGTON (DC)
The Baltimore Sun
By Alison Knezevich
The Baltimore Sun
An Orthodox rabbi and former Towson University professor who admitted to secretly videotaping women as they prepared for a ritual bath is scheduled to be sentenced today on voyeurism charges.
Barry Freundel pleaded guilty in February to 52 counts of voyeurism, admitting he taped women at the National Capital Mikvah in Washington, D.C.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in D.C. Superior Court at 1 p.m. Prosecutors recommended a 17-year-sentence, saying his case “falls on the extreme end of the voyeurism spectrum.”
His defense lawyer plans to argue for community service, according to court documents.
All the voyeurism counts are misdemeanors. Each carries a penalty of up to a year of incarceration and up to a $2,500 fine.
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