Ahead of the publication of an investigation containing evidence that Roi Chiki Arad sexually assaulted minors in the past, he apologizes: "Feels like a failure" • He claims he was drunk and does not remember the events
"I apologize to every woman who felt I hurt her"
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Liron Almog - Archive
Journalist and creator Roi Chiki Arad posted a post on his Facebook page tonight (Wednesday), ahead of an investigation by Sharon Sporer in the online magazine "The Hottest Place in Hell" which includes, he said, "very harsh statements about having sex with minors in their early twenties and relationships In a state of intoxication afterwards. "
Following the investigation, Arad announced the immediate cessation of his work at Haaretz and the departure of the editor of the Maayan magazine.
"Even if I do not remember the things described," he wrote, "my heart breaks and goes out to the women who sometimes carried for two whole decades such murky feelings about me. It is good that the pus broke out. Although I had no malice, blindness is no less terrible. I am. Even if thanks to a determined struggle, the treatment of women has changed from the period described in most of the testimonies in the article, the male sex and I still have a lot of work to do until women can live in security, dignity and equality, and it is worth noting vital initiatives Good night, I wish they were working then.
"Full of sadness, I apologize to every woman who has ever felt I was hurt. As someone who sought to make the world worse and even better, who considered himself a promoter of women and even stood on the side of women - I feel like a failure. All my burning struggles and social articles seem like a joke to me right now Bad in the face of this great sorrow.
"Publicly, but also personally, I can not continue my business as usual with such a dark cloud hovering over my head, biting into my soul. How can I now publish songs, appear in funny clothes or write articles? Unfortunately, it is impossible to step back in time. Not to be left with just nice words. "I take a complete stop for an indefinite time of any activity, and go out for self-exclusion and mental reckoning. I ask my friends to respect the women in the article. Also, I do not need likes and public support. Sometimes bowing, listening and silence are the right thing to do."
