FLORIDA
Sun Sentinel
[with video]
A Miami Beach rabbi who was accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl has taken a plea deal in the case – over the objections of the girl’s mother who wanted him prosecuted as a sex offender, according to Miami media reports.
Originally charged with lewd and lascivious behavior with a minor, Rabbi Steve Karro pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor battery charge and was placed on probation for nine months, WFOR-Ch. 4 reported.
The girl’s mother addressed the judge in court in an effort to persuade him to reject the deal.
“Rabbi Karro took my daughter, touched and squeezed her buttocks, placed her on his ap…rubbed her thighs and kissed her,” WSVN-Ch. 7 quoted the woman as saying.
Prosecutors concluded there wasn’t enough evidence to take the case to trial, the station reported.
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