Ex-employee: Sara Netanyahu is ‘dangerous,’ drinks heavily
Former worker claims she experienced physical, verbal violence; source close to PM and his wife: This is an extortion bid
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is “dangerous” and drinks heavily, a former employee at the Prime Minister’s Residence told Army Radio on Tuesday.
The former worker also alleged violence by the prime minister’s wife.
“There [in the Netanyahu residence], I was nothing. You could insult me, put me down, humiliate me, and bully me all you wanted, I wasn’t considered a person,” the former employee said. “I carry this pain with me until today, even years after I finished working there.”
In terms of abuse, she said “certainly there was violence: physical violence, verbal violence, real violence.”
She added: “This woman is dangerous. I’m happy that she was summoned for investigation, and we’re praying someone stops this tyranny.”
The woman accused Sara Netanyahu of drinking heavily.
“Sara drinks far more than a normal amount, drinks until she’s drunk. I saw her staggering around the house,” she claimed.
The prime minister, she said, “who is supposed to take decisions and to protect our children and to provide us with security — lives in an abnormal house.”
A source close to the Netanyahu family told the radio station that the woman was seeking to extort money from the family. “She also made her false claims in the Labor Court, and they were refuted,” the source said.
Sara Netanyahu will be questioned under caution on Thursday amid an ongoing investigation into spending irregularities at the prime minister’s official and private residences, despite a request by the family’s lawyer to close the probe.
The decision to launch the investigation followed a recommendation from State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan, after allegations were raised in a February report by State Comptroller Yosef Shapira that detailed lavish spending by Netanyahu and his wife at their official residence in Jerusalem and private home in Caesarea. The report also alleged possible criminal misdeeds.
The investigation found multiple alleged irregularities.
The Prime Minister’s office declined to respond to Tuesday’s allegations.
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