The start of a sex-abuse trial for a prominent Brooklyn rabbi was delayed yesterday because a yeshiva keeps ignoring requests for information from his defense team.
The case of Nechemya Weberman, an ultra-Orthodox Williamsburg rabbi charged with molesting a 12-year old girl over three years, was pushed back to July 18 as a judge weighs whether to slap contempt-of-court charges against the United Talmudical Academy.
“I was trying to avoid doing that to give the school an opportunity to respond,” Justice Ruth Shillingford said.
The 53-year-old accused child molester is affiliated with the yeshiva, where his alleged victim was a student.
Yeshiva officials could not immediately be reached for comment.