The Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court extends the detention of a well-known personal trainer by three days, after he was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of having drugged and raped a client.
A sweeping gag order has been imposed on the case, and the trainer’s identity has not been permitted for publication.
His detention was extended earlier today in a closed court hearing.
The complainant filed a police report against the personal trainer over the weekend, in which she alleged that she had been drugged and raped in her own home.
While the trainer has maintained his innocence, Ynet reports that he was found to have lied on several questions during a polygraph test, including one about sexual assault.
The complainant’s attorney, Efrat Nachmani-Bar, says the polygraph test proves it is no longer “a case of her word against his word.”
Nachmani-Bar also urges the media to respect the gag order and keep her client’s identity private, saying, “She has been through enough.”
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