WASHINGTON (DC)
WBAL
WASHINGTON —The rabbi and former Towson University professor accused of secretly videotaping more than 150 women at a Jewish ritual bath in Washington, D.C., is expected to plead guilty Thursday to dozens of counts against him.
Jeffrey Harris, the attorney for Barry Freundel, said his client will enter a guilty plea to 52 counts of voyeurism in Washington D.C. Superior Court on Thursday afternoon.
It’s unclear so far what sort of sentence Freundel will face.
Freundel, 63, was arrested in October after a hidden camera disguised as a digital clock radio was discovered in the shower area of the National Capital Mikvah, a ritual cleansing bath affiliated with the Kesher Israel synagogue, which is where Freudnel had worked as a rabbi for several years.
Police said they initially found videos of six women entering and exiting the mikvah shower, and court documents showed Freundel appeared on film setting up the recording device. A search of his home turned up other media storage devices.
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