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Police arrest 3 soccer players on suspicion of raping American tourist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice arrested three young men from Netanya earlier today on suspicion of raping an American tourist in Tel Aviv earlier this month, law enforcement announces.
The suspects, all in their 20s, are soccer players in Israel’s lower leagues, Channel 12 reports.
Moshe Meroz, a defense attorney for one of the suspects, tells the outlet that his client denies the allegations and insists that “everything was done with consent. There was no rape.”
The three suspects will be brought before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court for a hearing on extending their remand, police say.
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