Israeli court closes ‘Sex for judgeship’ case
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The Israeli Deputy Attorney Shlomo Lemberger on Sunday decided to close the sex for judgeship bribery scandal which took place in the occupation state in 2019, reported the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post.
Shlomo Lemberger claimed that while the defendants involved had illegal bribery intentions in their sexual relationship, that they also appeared to have wanted that relationship based on actual attraction and legal grounds. He added that that the case likely would have been a loser in court.
Former Israeli Bar Association president Efi Nave and Netanya Magistrate’s Court Judge Eti Karif were involved in the scandal. Nave once controlled the deciding votes on the Judicial Selection Committee and Karif had been accused of engaging in an intimate relationship with him in exchange for his support to get her a judgeship.
In the December 2019 prosecution statement, a second judgeship scandal was closed.
Nave was suspected of engaging in a sexual relationship with a female lawyer married to a male magistrate’s judge in order to gain Nave’s support for the male judge’s promotion to the higher district court level.
Former Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked, interviewed on Channel 12 about the Nave scandal, defended herself against calls for her resignation due to her political alliance with Nave in the selection of judges.
