Probe into sexual assault by PM’s former chief of staff closed

31 October 2017, 4:59 pm

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The Tel Aviv District Prosecutor announces that it has closed a criminal case into allegations of sexual assault by a former chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and will not be pressing charges against him.

Gil Sheffer, who held the top post in the Prime Minister’s Office from May 2012 to July 2013, was named last year as the suspect in a case involving allegations of sexual assault.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with his former chief of staff, Gil Sheffer, during a goodbye party for Sheffer at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

He was accused of forcibly taking a woman her to an apartment where there were other men, forcing her to perform for them, and trying to kiss her against her will.

“After carefully assessing the case material, it has been decided to close the case against the suspect due to a lack of evidence,” the prosecution said in a statement.