Gynecologist Convicted of Sexual Assaults on Nine Patients to Hear Sentence
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
A Tel Aviv court will sentence gynecologist Menachem Alkalai today for "fraudulent rape" against nine female patients. Alkalai denied the charges, claiming incidental contact during examinations, but the court found the women's testimonies credible. The court ruled that Alkalai exploited his patients' vulnerability to satisfy his urges, causing them harm. Expert testimony confirmed no legitimate medical basis for his actions.
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- Gynecologist Menachem Alkalai faces sentencing today for "fraudulent rape" against nine patients.
- The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Alkalai on ten counts of the offense.
- Alkalai claimed his actions were incidental and anatomically necessary during examinations.
- The court found the women's testimonies credible and Alkalai's defense weak.
- Expert testimony confirmed Alkalai's prolonged clitoral stimulation lacked medical basis.
The Tel Aviv District Court is set to deliver a sentence today for Menachem Alkalai, a gynecologist convicted of ten counts of "fraudulent rape concerning the nature of the act" against nine different female patients. All nine women were under Alkalai's care. Alkalai had denied intentionally stimulating the women's clitorises, claiming the contact was incidental and anatomically necessary for the examination. He argued that the complainants misinterpreted a routine medical procedure with a criminal one in hindsight, stemming from discomfort with invasive pelvic floor pain examinations.
The court gave full weight to the credible and detailed testimonies of the nine complainants, describing Alkalai's defense as weak and manipulative. The judges determined that each woman, treated at different clinics over several years for various complaints and generally unknown to each other except for a mother and daughter pair, described a similar cynical exploitation of the inherently vulnerable position of a gynecological exam to satisfy the defendant's "despicable urges."
"All the testimonies paint a grim picture of women who sought medical treatment and left harmed in body, dignity, and trust," the court stated. The judges concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that Alkalai committed the acts, aware of their deviation from protocol and without the patients' informed consent. Expert medical testimony from both prosecution and defense, including international experts, established that there was no connection, however slight, between Alkalai's prolonged clitoral stimulation and any legitimate medical procedure.