Posted on 03/01/2015 7:36:00 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
The trial of Mendel Epstein, a New Jersey Rabbi and alleged ringleader of a kidnapping scheme designed to force husbands into granting their wives religious divorces, entered its second day in court in Trenton today.
Epstein, 69, was arrested in October 2013 for allegedly charging undercover FBI agents $60,000 to kidnap a man and coerce him into granting his wife a Judaic divorce decree.
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Denial, Anger, Acceptance, Jan 1999
Fifty Shades of Oy Vey?
A Get Threat.
Ah.
“First, you must sit in the Comfy Chair!!”
Heh, heh. Glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to refreep. Did I just coin a new word?
“Hey Paulie, go get the bolt cutters”
Weird.
Prosecutors say New Jersey Rabbi Mendel Epstein's team used handcuffs and electric cattle prods to torture men into granting a religious divorce, known as a "get."Kidnapping, assault, torture. Put EVERYBODY involved in prison for at least 20 years. Everybody even slightly involved.
Exactly. No law should supercede the COTUS.
Defence lawyers said he was a "champion of women's rights" and disputed the charges. Under Orthodox Jewish belief, a husband must grant permission for a divorce. This comes in the form of a document known as a get. Rabbi Epstein, 69, is on trial alongside his son David Epstein and two other co-defendants, Jay Goldstein and Binyamin Stimle. They face similar charges stemming from a staged kidnapping in 2013 and three other "forced" divorces.Screwdriver
During their opening statement on Wednesday prosecutors played a short, grainy video clip of the rabbi discussing a staged kidnapping with two undercover FBI agents. He is heard saying: "Basically, what we're going to be doing is kidnapping a guy for a couple hours."
The authorities alleged the gang brought along surgical blades, a screwdriver and rope. Rabbi Epstein is also alleged to have told the undercover agents that he arranged similar kidnappings every year or year and a half, which cost at least $50,000 (£32,350) each. Defence lawyer Robert Stahl argued that his client was acting as an advocate for women and had a reputation for "convincing these husbands to go give their wives a get".
Mr Stahl did not dispute that "some laws may have been broken along the way", but said kidnapping was not one of them.
BETTER CALL SAUL!!!
They should make a movie. He’ll do anything to get a get.
Yeah, well, I'm guessing that there was nothing under NJ law stopping a wife from filing.
Dittos on EVERYBODY involved.
Didn’t something like this happen in the Sopranos?
“You’re not really here for the get, are you, Reb Mendel?”
Maybe this is why a lot of Rabbi’s don’t want Jews to b armed
THAT'S why the Fibbies are too busy to help stem the flow of illegal aliens committing thousands of serious felonies by invading the US surreptiously - they're busy with Mendel and his ilk!
BTW - read a Daily Mail article on one of these deals, and the hubbies can be REAL ARSEWOLLS when it comes to this stuff.
Not condoning it, I'm just sayin'.
The Fibbies need to re-focus to the southern border - cut the crap.
This is a different case, but it appears to represent some of what goes on in certain of the marriages. We're not used to this kind of cultural thinking.
I’ll bet you hear that line in aTV sitcom or comedians set
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