"I was afraid and screamed. I called the police right away. He saw me doing it and ran toward me, and then he beat me hard and pulled my hair. I have bruises on my thigh and back from the attack. I screamed to the police on the phone that he was attacking me. He tried to take my phone away as he was beating me horribly. I was deathly afraid -- he snatched my phone out of my hand and ran away into the streets of [the haredi area of] Beit Shemesh.”
Haredi Modesty Assault: Woman Beaten Up By Haredi Man In Beit Shemesh Over Skirt Length
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A 25-year-old Zionist Orthodox woman was attacked by a haredi man in Beit Shemesh Wednesday because he thought her skirt was too short, Israel Hayom reported.
The skirt left part of her lower legs below the knee exposed.
The woman picked up her 3-year-old daughter from day care and was waiting with her for a bus when a haredi man in his 30s man in his 30s began screaming at her that her skirt "brought out yetzer ha'ra [evil iinclanation]” and called her a "whore."
The woman told him she was calling the police.
"I was afraid and screamed. I called the police right away. He saw me doing it and ran toward me, and then he beat me hard and pulled my hair. I have bruises on my thigh and back from the attack. I screamed to the police on the phone that he was attacking me. He tried to take my phone away as he was beating me horribly. I was deathly afraid -- he snatched my phone out of my hand and ran away into the streets of [the haredi area of] Beit Shemesh,” she said.
And even though the assault happened in broad daylight on a crowded street, no one tried to help her.
"I called for help, but no one came. I cried, asked them to call the police because I was afraid he'd come back and murder me. All this time, my daughter, who was terrified, was screaming and crying.…I couldn't sleep all night after the incident," the woman she said. "My daughter is in therapy because of what happened. It's a horrible feeling. My daughter and I are very scared,” the woman said.
The attacker turned himself in to police Thursday morning and returned the woman's phone. He also reportedly admitted to the assault.
His attorneys reportedly had no comment about the incident.