‘You’ve left a deep scar in my soul,’ writes complainant to IDF general indicted for rape

One of the women accusing a top IDF general of sexual assault wrote a letter to him explaining the deep trauma he has caused her, Channel 2 reports.

Earlier today, Brig.Gen. Ofek Buchris was indicted by the Military Advocate General for rape, sodomy and sexual assault against two female subordinates between 2010 and 2012. Buchris has vehemently denied the charges calling the trial a “fight for his life.”

The attorneys representing Buchris said the prosecution’s case against the general was “seriously flawed.”

In the letter obtained by Channel 2, one of the general’s former subordinates wrote, prior to pursuing a legal process against him, that she was “blinded by his authority and power”

The letter was written more than two years ago, according to Channel 2 and was destroyed by Buchris after he received it.

In it, the soldier writes that the general created intimate situations in which she felt obligated to sleep with him against her will.

“As I process the things that have happened, I understand that you took advantage of me. You took advantage of my loyalty, my innocence, the fact that I wouldn’t tell anyone what happened behind closed doors, you took advantage of your power and the knowledge that no can can refuse you,” she writes.

“The purpose of this letter is first to make you understand that you’ve left a large, deep scar in my soul,” she goes on.

Channel 2 reports that she wrote the missive after years of psychological treatment.