A second young woman has come forward to police against the Haifa-area taxi driver already suspected of raping a 16-year-old, according to N12. She alleges he harassed her in 2021, when she was 14, and filed a complaint at the time — but says police closed the case without locating the driver. Now, after seeing his photo in the news, she has resubmitted the complaint.
A second alleged victim has come forward in the case of the Haifa-area taxi driver already under investigation for the rape of a 16-year-old. According to an N12 report by Sharon Knoblich, a young woman presented herself at a police station on Tuesday, claiming the driver harassed her approximately five years ago, in 2021, when she was 14. She asserts she filed a complaint at the time but that police closed the case, stating they could not locate the driver. She has now resubmitted the complaint after recognizing his photo in the media coverage of the current case.
As The Zioneer previously reported, the suspect's remand was extended by four days on Tuesday, and a second woman had visited the police station to discuss the matter but had not yet filed a complaint. The new development confirms that this second woman has now formally resubmitted her old complaint. The circumstances of the alleged 2021 incident — the specific location, timeline, and the police handling of the original complaint — remain under investigation. The suspect has denied the allegations in the primary rape case, claiming the encounter was consensual and that the teen misrepresented her age.
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