A woman claims that a Haaretz journalist raped her with 10 of his friends when she was 19 • Arad: "There is a limit to what can be slandered on a person ... a lie and a lie and slander"
After Sharon Sporer's investigation in "The Hottest Place in Hell" about Roi Chiki Arad, Haaretz journalist and editor of the poetry magazine "Maayan", according to which he raped and sexually harassed six different women, Anat Avishar Koren posted a Facebook post today (Sunday), which begins In the words "an extremely serious trigger warning," in which she details a rape that was committed by 11 men when she was 19 after she was drugged, she said, when she claimed Roy was one of the participants.
The post ended with the words "You raped me. I kind of sent without knowing you were connected, I do not remember ... and you raped me with the guys Roy. It happened in 2001. It was."
An extremely serious trigger warning I was 19 when I met the jurist and he was the fourth man I might have ever slept with.
He was violent ...
Posted by Anat Avissar Koren on Sunday, September 13, 2020
Later in the post, Avishar Koren added: "I was poured water. And I lost time. I remember Roi above me and the jurist making turns and laughing. I remember the Modi'inchik getting upset that they didn't clean me enough for him. And more water and more blackouts. The filmmaker above me cries he doesn't have a camera. Crying Roy laughs Say thank you we pamper you like that I do not usually touch obesity and Blackout allowed me turns again ".
The former journalist, who has since resigned, posted a post in response in which he complained that lies were spread about him that were not and were not created: "At the moment, a blood libel is circulating about me," Arad opened the post, "ahead of the serious investigation in 'Hottest Place', I published Here is the letter of retirement, apology, and my self-exclusion, as something that will try to be the beginning of a correction for the period I hurt women - if it is given at all. I received important reviews on the letter that helped me understand and learn, and corrected it. I did not deny 'was not and was not created'. And of course, I turned and apologized personally to every woman I could identify. I believe Ella Ronen who wrote how I hurt her in Haaretz and my heart was broken to read what she wrote. I planned to leave Facebook and certainly not write more.
"But still there are people, who in the atmosphere that has been created (an activist is currently organizing my book burning ceremony), are taking a ride on the story," Arad continued.
"Anat A. accuses me of such horrible and devilish things that I am not willing to defile my wall in them, which took place in 2001, when she was 20, in a story with 11 characters and Sami HaZia, which was not and was not created, and she says it will be included in a future article by Sharon Sporer. It's a lie and a lie and a slander, but when I realized she was claiming it, it was worldly darkness.
At this moment, a blood libel is circulating on me.
In preparation for the serious investigation in 'The Hottest Place', I published here the letter of resignation, the apology, and the excommunication ...
Posted by Roy Chicky Arad on Sunday, September 13, 2020
"Normally, it's word for word. In the public spirit right now, my word right now is not worth anything. I assumed my fate was doomed. Normally, the burden of proof is on the accuser. Here, it falls to me to prove I did not do anything completely unfounded. "19 years ago. Do I have a chance? Desperate, I was looking for a way to present the truth anyway. Luckily, when I searched for her name in Gmail, I was surprised that in 2009 we had a completely standard correspondence, even kind and quite extensive."
Arad further details his relationship with Anat: "The same E., who says that I drugged her and hurt her so badly, turned to me and sent a letter of thanks for a compliment I posted on the blog to a magazine she participated in editing. It happened 8 years after the described time of the act. An interesting four-mile conversation about marketing and poetry. I used a quote from it and even stung her with an item I wrote about the magazine in Maariv. Today she says I corresponded with her partner, but she signed the letter, the partner wrote to me after the publication in Maariv and tried to correct her words. You can also ask him, and not only that, following the conversation, she also sent romantic songs to Maayan.
"There is a limit to lying: Does the person who ruined your life write thank you and then 'thank you again'? Have nice conversations about marketing and literature and length of texts, and then send a generic romantic song? The 'I believe you' norm is appropriate, but there are also questionable cases. "Like Nava Jacobs with Ganz, or the 5-year-old girl who linked an Arab cleaner to rape while he could not do it. I do not want you to believe what I say, just read the correspondence between us logically and grammatically."
Arad ended the post by addressing his followers and friends: "I turn to you, from the abyss where I am, please help me present justice to the light at least in this case. It does not remove responsibility from actions in my youth that today I understand how terrible they are, I retire, interrupt "My livelihood, hitting on sin, vomiting myself. But there is a limit to what can be slandered on a person."
In addition to the post, Arad uploaded screenshots of the correspondence between them and the songs published by her
In response to a text he posted, one of his friends suggested he retire: "Calm down and breathe and get out of the hysteria because you are just digging yourself a hole deeper and deeper. You did shocking things and what is happening now needs to happen. The truth will come out", and another wrote: "I do not understand, if she sent you A song or correspondence with you after you raped her - does that prove you did not rape her? Yes, it's word for word, but no, your "evidence" is invalid. Those who are familiar with sexual trauma know and understand how sometimes the victim insists on not being a victim. She wants to forget "From everything and therefore normalizes situations. That's why some women keep in touch with their attacker after the injury. Some even stay married to him for years. Enough of that."
Others sent him reinforcements and hugs and wrote that they would stand by his side.
