Lawyer: Client's husband was attacked after accused rabbi's congregations got $60,000
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Jurors in the case of a rabbi who allegedly used brutal tactics to force unwilling Jewish husbands to divorce their wives have heard from the lawyer of a woman who sought the rabbi's services.
NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1BayM9O) reports Fredric Goldfein testified Monday.
Goldfein says Rabbi Mendel Epstein instructed him to wire $60,000 to two congregations that Epstein led. A few days after the money was moved, the husband of Goldfein's client was attacked by three men in Pennsylvania.
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Goldfein, testifying for the federal government in exchange for immunity, said he was thought the money was going to the husband as part of his agreement to grant his wife a religious divorce.
On cross-examination, Goldfein said Epstein never spoke to him about using physical force to obtain the divorce.