Boy who says rabbinical student sexually assaulted him will testify

NEW YORK
Times Herald-Record

By Andrew Beam
Times Herald-Record

Posted Nov. 12, 2015

MONTICELLO – The boy who said a South Fallsburg rabbinical student sexually assaulted him will testify about the alleged incident, according to Sullivan County Assistant District Attorney Eamonn Neary.

Neary said on Thursday that the boy has “gone through hell” ever since coming forward about the allegations against Haim Boukris. Neary also said the boy’s father will testify about how his son’s behavior changed following the alleged incident in 2011, when the boy was 11 years old.

“(The father) will testify about the abuse him and his son face in the community,” Neary said.

Both Neary and Kenneth Gribetz, the New City attorney representing the 29-year-old Boukris, delivered opening statements before Sullivan County Court Judge Frank LaBuda on Thursday.

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