Alleged Orthodox Sex Abuser May Have Defrauded Charity To Buy Lingerie
December 7, 2012 by admin
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Nechemya Weberman (via CBS) In the latest round of testimonies at the trial of Nechemya Weberman—the ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor accused of sexually abusing a teen girl in Brooklyn for years—Weberman himself took the stand. He was adamant that he “never ever” inappropriately touched the alleged victim, who saw him for counseling multiple times a week for a three year period starting when she was 12. But he did admit to defrauding his own charity.
Weberman admitted on the stand to using money from his nonprofit organization, B’lev V’Nefesh, to pay for his own child’s tuition at the United Talmudical Academy in Williamsburg, the same school which insisted to the victim’s parents that the teen meet with Weberman for counseling or else leave the school. “So you’re getting a salary and paying your children’s tuition?” asked Assistant District Attorney Kevin O’Donnell. “I did if I needed to,” Weberman replied. Weberman, who called himself a “rabbinical counselor” despite no training, said the non-profit was used to raise money for those who can’t afford his services.
But prosecutors brought up the fact that financial records show that the charity’s credit cards were used at BMG Corset Lingerie, The Lingerie Shop and other undergarment stores. “Me, myself, I’m not aware of this,” Weberman claimed. “This is the first time I heard about it.” Weberman also described his first meeting with the teen: “She said, ‘Why should I trust you? Why should I talk to you? You look like a Hasidic f–k. You look like my father,’ ” Weberman testified.
Weberman actually went out of his way to besmirch the teen, saying at one point, “There are people who are better than her, right.” As for why he felt that way, he said the alleged victim was “fresh’’ and “immodest’’ unlike other girls: “That’s why these were girls who were better than her.’’
Besides Weberman, who has 10 children and 18 grandchildren, there was also testimony from Baila Gluck, a runaway who lived in Weberman’s office for two years. She said that two other girls stayed at the home around the same time; one of them told authorities she caught Weberman and Gluck in a compromising position, a charge she denied. “Do you recall an occasion when [another girl] walked into the room and you were sitting on his lap and the defendant had an erection?” O’Donnell asked. “No. That never happened,” Gluck answered.
Weberman was the defense’s last witness; today both sides got the chance to sum up their arguments. The Daily News wrote that the courtroom had started to resemble nightclub with all the people trying to get in and watch. One of those nightclubbers was Andrea Peyser, who gave her typically reasonable two cents about the “slimy bastard” Weberman: “The accuser, who turned 18 yesterday, had the grave misfortune of loving and revering this human piece of filth…I’m ashamed to be of the same faith as this evil, malicious creep.”
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Foxy Lady, San Francisco Drag And Lingerie Shop, Closes Doors After 40 Years …
December 7, 2012 by admin
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For 40 years, Janine Dominski sold vinyl boots, evening gowns, breast forms and fetish wear from her cheerful shop, Foxy Lady Boutique, on Mission Street. And her selection was as varied as her customers.
“The Foxy Lady was successful because it served everybody,” Dominski told neighborhood blog Mission Local.
As one employee recalled to Mission Local, there were days when all three dressing rooms would be simultaneously occupied: “one by a woman trying on skimpy lingerie, a man dressed in drag, and a churchgoer sizing herself in one of the glittery beaded gowns that often sold to parishioners.”
But after four decades, the Foxy Lady closed its doors last week.
Citing health concerns, the 74-year-old Dominski held a half-off, everything-must-go sale and hung up her garters for good.
The store’s Facebook page exploded with comments.
“Thank you so much for all you’ve done for me in helping me shake my sexy,” wrote one supporter.
“You are an INSTITUTION,” wrote another. “We’ll miss you.”
The store, which originally opened in North Beach, has been a San Francisco staple for racy lingerie and Halloween and Bay to Breakers costumes. “Best of the Bay” awards from both the San Francisco Bay Guardian and SF Weekly lined the walls.
But due to its supportive staff and wide range of plus and queen sizes, it also became a staple for the drag community.
Wrote one Yelp reviewer about the Foxy Lady experience:
Let me make this simple. I’m 6’0″, 250 pounds. Football-build.
And Foxy Lady outfitted me in a full-on Stupid Spoiled Whore outfit in less than 45 minutes for less than $200. I’m talking the whole thing from bling tiara to size 14 bright turquoise shoes. They made me feel like a natural woman, darling.
And baby, did I shake it.
Farewell, Foxy Lady. You will be missed.
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