Yehuda Berg, who is the co-director of the L.A.branch of the Kabbalah Centre and a son of the centre’s late founder Rabbi Philip Berg, allegedly sexually assaulted Jena Scaccetti in October 2012 in his mother Karen Berg’s apartment. Berg allegedly invited Scaccetti to dinner claiming he would be able to help heal her kidney stones.
Rabbi Yehuda Berg
Kabbalah Centre Leader Accused Of Sexual Assault
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A scion of the of the Kabbalah Centre dynasty has been accused of sexually assaulting a disciple and then threatening to “f**king kill” her, the celebrity gossip website TMZ reported today.
Rabbi Yehuda Berg, who is the co-director of the L.A.branch of the Kabbalah Centre and a son of the centre’s late founder Rabbi Philip Berg, allegedly sexually assaulted Jena Scaccetti in October 2012 in his mother Karen Berg’s apartment. Berg allegedly invited Scaccetti to dinner claiming he would be able to help heal her kidney stones.
Once in the apartment, Berg allegedly complained about his role at the Kabbalah Center and criticised other teachers there, including his sister-in-law, who Berg allegedly called a "c**t" and a "star-f**ker."
Scaccetti alleges that Berg gave her with Vicodin and alcohol and then hugged her and fondled her legs. He allegedly asked if her genitals "...was Brazilian [waxed] or shaved" and then tried to have sex with her.
When she resisted, Berg allegedly got angry and threatened that he would "f**king beat the whole right side of [her] until [she was] blue" and would "f**king kill” Scaccetti.
Scaccetti is suing for $15 million dollars in actual damages and another $40 million in punitive damages.
Berg is reportedly married and the father of five children.