Rivky Stein's RICO suit against her recalcitraint husband who refuses to grant her a Jewish divorce known as a get did not survive a motion to dismiss intact. But some of the individual charges did survive.
Above: Yoel Weiss and Rivky Stein
…CONCLUSION
To summarize, the motions to dismiss are granted to the following extent:
(a) Counts 1, 2, 6 and 8 are dismissed against all defendants;
(b) All claims against Chaim and Suri are dismissed except the fifth (forced labor), seventh (attempt), and eleventh and twelfth (labor law) causes of action;
(c) All claims against World-Wide, Katz, Ehrman and Berger are dismissed;
(d) Plaintiff’s third claim is dismissed as against the Bertolucci’s defendants;
(e) Plaintiff’s fourth claim is dismissed as against Moshe, Pearl, Ruchie Weiss and the Bertolucci’s defendants;
(f) Plaintiff’s seventh claim is dismissed in part, to the extent that it alleges attempted violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581 or 1583 against Chaim and Suri Lefkowitz or the Bertolucci’s defendants or alleges attempted violations of § 1583 by Moshe, Pearl or Ruchie Weiss; and
(g) Plaintiff’s fourteenth claim is dismissed as against all defendants except Yoel Weiss.
SO ORDERED.
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The entire ruling by US DIstrict Court Judge Brian M. Cogan as a PDF file. Please right clck to open in a new browser tab or window or left click to download and read in your stand-alone PDF program:
Rivky Stein v. World Wide Plumbing (Yoel Weiss) et al 12-2-2014
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