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Noa Koller: "I am broken and in pain, I did not know about Erez's behavior, my heart goes out to the victims"

Erez Driggs' partner in creating "rehearsals" wrote a post following the publication of evidence that he sexually harassed four women: "Erez told me he was addicted to sex in recovery. Erez behaved in an abusive and violent manner that I was not aware of."

Producer Assaf Amir: "We will make every decision of the corporation regarding the future of 'rehearsals'"

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Friday, February 19, 2021, 1:20 p.m.

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Excerpt from the "Rehearsals" series of Here 11, starring Erez Driggs, Yevgenia Dudina and Gila Almagor as Minister of Culture (here 11)

Following the publication of the testimonies against the actor and creator of "rehearsals" Erez Driggs, according to which he sexually harassed four women, this morning (Friday) his partner in the work and series Noa Koller responded.

In a post she posted on Instagram, Koller wrote that she was "broken and in pain."

She added that she was unaware of his disturbing and sexual behavior and ended by writing that she had no idea what would happen to the second season of "Rehearsals".

"I am broken and in pain," she wrote.

"Erez is a friend and partner of mine for work and creativity. I was not aware of his intimate, disturbing and sexual behaviors at any level. This is not our kind of relationship. We lead separate personal lives and respect each other's privacy, certainly when it comes to sexuality. For four years, while writing 'Rehearsals', Erez called me in for a conversation and confessed that he was addicted to sex in recovery. I tried to understand in depth what that means, and he shared with me that he goes to a support group, that he has a psychiatrist and a psychologist with him. He committed a criminal or violent act against someone and he told me never, and that all his sexual interactions were always legal and with full consent.In addition, he asked me to include a sex addict as part of the recovery and to stimulate public discourse on the subject.

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"My heart aches for the victims."

Choker (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"Sexual assault is a very serious thing that I strongly condemn. My heart aches for the victims. Erez behaved in an abusive and violent manner that I was not aware of. The details revealed broke me. It is not Erez that I knew and I still have difficulty digesting. The cases and traumas. The change that is happening is a welcome and very important change. I am glad that it is happening. It is important to me personally as a woman and as a mother.

"I think it is important that Erez takes responsibility for his past actions and takes care of himself for many years.

I want to believe that a person can change his ways, and at the same time I do not know if there is, and what is the way to alleviate the victims.

As for the continuation of 'rehearsals' I have nothing to say at the moment, it does not seem important to me, and I really ran out of words.

Creation is not as important as life.

I embrace all the creative partners who are in pain with me. "

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"It hurt us to read."

Assaf Amir (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Assaf Amir, the third co-creator of "Rehearsals" and one of the producers of the series, also wrote a statement following the revelation of the evidence against Driggs: "It is very sad and infuriating. The published text messages are blatant and offensive and we were very sad to read them. We had no idea in the production about Erez's conduct. Sexual assaults of any kind, on the entire continuum, are terrible and have the power to collapse victims and victims.

"I believe with all my heart that such behaviors had no part in creating repetition.

Creating film and television has no value when it involves sexual assault or abusive power relations.

As for Erez, I have learned in recent days from interviews he has given in the press, that for years he has been in a therapeutic process so that the difficult things that have been done will not be repeated.

To me it is in itself of some value.

As for 'rehearsals', we are in touch with the corporation and we will make every decision of theirs related to the future of the series. "

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