Yuval Wilner, a 38-year-old musician from Tel Aviv suspected of raping Shaylee Atary and Naama Shachar, whose name was cleared for publication on May 17, 2026. (Screenshot/Youtube)
The musician Yuval Wilner is named as the suspect in two highly publicized rape cases after the Tel Aviv District Court clears his name for publication.
The 38-year-old Tel Avivian is accused of raping Shaylee Atary, a filmmaker, singer, and survivor of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, in 2011, and Naama Shahar in October 2022.
Wilner, who is married, resides overseas but returned to Israel for questioning in the case earlier in May. He was arrested upon arrival over the suspicions, then transferred to house arrest.
Wilner was released from house arrest this morning, though the court has decided to delay his departure from Israel for 30 days, Hebrew outlets report.
Hila Neubach, head of legal affairs at the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, tells Channel 12 that Wilner’s name is released after a “long and torturous legal journey.”
“No victim should have to struggle for months in the legal system while the suspect plays games with her and in the courts and presents false impressions as if his life is in danger, all while he is already interviewing with media outlets and trying to paint himself as a victim in the story,” she says.
From L to R: Shaylee Atary arrives at a court hearing in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026; Naama Shahar arrives for an interrogation of the man she recently accused of raping her, at a police station in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
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