Police investigating senior official in Netanyahu’s office on suspicion of sexual misconduct

Police have been investigating a senior official in the Prime Minister’s Office on suspicion of sexual misconduct for the past several months.

The case was subject to a gag order that expired overnight. Police did not request that the court extend the order, according to Hebrew media reports.

The investigation into the incident in question, said to have taken place around three years ago in a hotel, was launched after information about the sexual misconduct allegations reached police. The alleged victim is refusing to file a formal complaint.

Detectives in the police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit are struggling to investigate the allegations due to the woman’s reluctance to file a complaint, and are expected to close the case if nothing changes, the Kan public broadcaster reports. The alleged victim is not employed in the PMO.