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Last update - 22:00 03/07/2008 Actor Hanan Goldblatt convicted of rape, sexual assault By Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Hanan Goldblatt, rape, Israel  A Tel Aviv District Court panel on Thursday unanimously convicted actor Hanan Goldblatt of rape, sodomy and sexual assault of his drama students, while some of them were still legally minor. Goldblatt was put under house arrest after his indictment in 2005. It originally included testimonies of six complainants, and the court, in an unusual injunction, accepted the request of the prosecution to include another four testimonies, whose prescriptive periods have expired, to support allegations of a behavior pattern. A witness told Haaretz that "this man, whose name I can't even utter, stole my soul for a few years, and took over my body at a time I was still exploring it. He invaded my most precious places." Advertisement The sentence said that there is a convincing similarity between the different acts for which Goldblatt was convicted, and that even though the witnesses testified years after the events, the court still found them reliable. Outside the courtroom, a clash erupted between a complainant and Goldblatt's friends. They called her a liar, and she in turn shouted at them: "He raped me." The veteran actor Shaike Levi said after the sentence: "Injustice has been done. Let's hope he'll be strong. I'm sure he will appeal and fight for his innocence." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Prisoner exchange Israel signs swap deal, begins exhuming bodies of Hezbollah guerillas. Provocative questions Gaydamak tells TAU student to 'shut up and go to hell' over Angola question.   1.   Hanan the rapist 22:24  |  mona 03/07/08   2.   Hanan, it`s caught up with you... 22:51  |  Esther 03/07/08   3.   to Mona 00:32  |  Jake 04/07/08   4.   THE CASTING ROOM COUCH 00:43  |  Arik Silverman 05/07/08   5.   re casting room couch 01:09  |  Dena Silver 08/07/08

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