A self-proclaimed “sorcerer” from the Golan Heights manipulated a woman into
having sex with him as part of a series of “magical treatments” he was providing
her to help her recover from a break-up with her boyfriend, Tel Aviv police
said.
Things became more complicated for the alleged victim, when during
questioning by police she admitted that she had asked the man to physically
attack her ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend, after which police detained her for three
days before releasing her to house arrest on suspicion of conspiring to cause
someone bodily harm.
The story began six months ago, police said, when
the woman found the 39-year-old Golan Heights resident on the Internet and asked
him to help her with holistic treatment to recover from emotional despair caused
by the break-up. Over the coming months the man held a number of meetings with
the woman, during which he promised that through the power of sorcery he could
make her boyfriend come back to her – all while charging her thousands of
shekels in fees.
During a recent treatment, the man allegedly convinced
the woman to have sex with him, saying that it was a ritual needed in order to
make the magic work.
The man, who was arrested Sunday night by Ramat Gan
police, could face charges of sexually assaulting the woman against her will.
Police said Monday that they are trying to find other female victims of the man,
and checking reports of other con men using similar methods to garner sex and
cash from women in despair.
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