Last update - 00:00 04/03/2007
Actor Rami Heuberger denies sexual harassment allegations
By Roni Singer-Haruti, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
In his first public response to the sexual harassment complaint filed against him, actor Rami Heuberger on Sunday said the allegations were 'fallacious and ugly."
Heuberger's lawyer, Eithan Maoz, read a statement written by his client in which he attacked the women's claims that were first revealed a few days ago in a story carried by the Hebrew-language daily Ma'ariv.
"It's very strange how the complainant claims to have undergone a traumatic experience that caused her hallucinations and would report them a year after she says they occurred, and should choose to do so in a revealing story in a daily newspaper before filing a complaint," Heuberger wrote.
According to Heuberger, such behavior can only be explained by the complainants' thirst for publicity and money. He added that he plans to submit his full account to the police and not the media.
Meanwhile, Rehovot police opened an investigation the women's complaint that alleges Heuberger harassed her when she worked as a make-up stylist on the set of a movie he was starring in
Heuberger first rose to fame as a member of the television skit show Hahamishia Hakamerit. He later starred in numerous Israeli feature films, including the cult movie Mivtza Safta, and even landed a small role in director Steven Spielberg's Oscar-wining Schindler's List.