Teenage model charged with assaulting cop, cab driver

Prosecutors on Sunday indicted a female model for attacking a police officer and a cab driver in violation of her house arrest that she was under for assaulting security guards at a Tel Aviv hospital.

Elia Kadosh, 19, was charged with threatening behavior and assaulting a police officer earlier this month after security cameras captured her friends beating up guards at Ichilov Hospital for what she said was inadequate treatment.

Ruslan Misayev (28), Mor Biton (21), Hanan Alfasi (49) and Avraham Yosephov (28) were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, causing serious injury as a group and group assault causing bodily harm in connection to the incident.

A sixth suspect who was also involved, Dudu Amoyal, Kadosh’s partner, fled the country.

In a revised indictment filed Sunday at the Tel Aviv district court, prosecutors said Kadosh violated her house arrest on October 11 by going to a friend’s house in the central city of Yehud.

After visiting with her friend, Kadosh took a cab to Wolfson Medical Center in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon and agreed with the driver ahead of the ride on a NIS 110 ($31.50) cab fare.

However, after arriving at the hospital, Kadosh refused to pay the fare and got out of the cab, leading the driver to get out also to try and collect the fare he was owed.

After a heated argument broke out between them, Kadosh slapped the driver on the cheek and threatened to further hurt him, according to the indictment.

“You’d better get out of here because I’m all worked up. I’ll break your face… If you touch me I’ll smash you, I’ll sit shiva for you,” the indictment quoted her as saying.

Three days later, on October 14, Kadosh went to Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Bat Yam, where she was accompanied by a police officer in accordance with the conditions of her house arrest.

While at the hospital, Kadosh called another patient into her room. She then blocked the door to prevent the other patient from leaving the room, in violation of the officer’s orders.

As the officer tried to move Kadosh from the door, she attacked him, hitting him in the face, kicking him and trying to bite him, according to the indictment.

After the policeman finally succeeded in handcuffing with the help of another officer, Kadosh poured a bottle of Coca Cola on him.

The indictment said the officer suffered scratches on his wrists as a result of the assault.

For the two incidents, Kadosh was charged with violating a legal order, assault, making threats and attacking a police officer.

Prosecutors requested that Kadosh’s earlier release be canceled and her bail forfeited.