MK Chili Tropper Recounts Telling Children About False Pedophilia Accusations

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Member of Knesset Chili Tropper revealed he had to tell his children about false pedophilia accusations spread about him. He sued two Likud activists for defamation, winning NIS 1 million from one and NIS 160,000 from the other. Tropper described the difficult conversation with his children on the program "Meeting with Ronnie Kovan."

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MK Chili Tropper had to explain false pedophilia accusations to his children.
Tropper sued two Likud activists, Avraham Tal Mis and Miri Barbi, for defamation.
Tal Mis was ordered to pay Tropper NIS 1 million, and Barbi NIS 160,000.
The accusations circulated online and were described as "poison" by Tropper.
The interview will air on Kan 11's "Meeting with Ronnie Kovan."

Member of Knesset and Yیسر! candidate Chili Tropper discussed the distressing experience of having to explain false accusations of pedophilia to his children during an interview on the program "Meeting with Ronnie Kovan" on Kan 11. The allegations, which circulated in April 2023, led Tropper to file a defamation lawsuit against two Likud activists, Avraham Tal Mis and Miri Barbi.

Tropper was awarded NIS 1 million from Tal Mis in the lawsuit. Subsequently, in September 2025, Barbi was ordered to pay Tropper NIS 160,000 in compensation. "There's a limit to how much poison I'm willing to absorb," Tropper stated in the interview, describing the situation as unpleasant, though he was not personally hurt by the accusations as they came from people he did not know.

He recounted how his team initially informed him about the rumors, which he initially dismissed. However, the situation escalated as the rumors gained traction online and it became apparent they would reach his children. "I had to sit with the children, explain to them," Tropper said, adding that they believed him and understood the nature of the political arena. He confirmed that he had to tell them, "They will publish about Dad that he is a pedophile, you understand that this is an absolute lie." While he emphasized that his children understood it was false, he acknowledged the unpleasantness of such a conversation.