A leading rabbi in Brooklyn was acquitted of having made death threats against a woman who had accused her father of rape. Five witnesses still face witness- tampering charges in the case in which Rabbi Bernard Freilich was found innocent. The woman’s father still must stand trial on the rape charges.
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