WASHINGTON (DC)
Washington Post
By Keith L. Alexander, Michelle Boorstein and Peter Hermann February 12
Law enforcement officials said there may be at least 150 women who allegedly were secretly videotaped by a prominent D.C. rabbi as the women prepared for a ritual bath, according to three people briefed on the investigation.
The Orthodox rabbi, Barry Freundel, was arrested in October on charges that he videotaped six women in the nude while he was at Kesher Israel Congregation in Georgetown. He has pleaded not guilty. He has not been charged with any additional counts.
At a meeting at the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, two people present said some of the women and their attorneys were told by law enforcement that there may be more victims. Authorities said they were looking for help in identifying 88 women whose images appeared on the video.
Another 64 women were allegedly videotaped between 2009 and 2011 and could not be part of a case since they are outside of the statute of limitations, those people said.
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