Newly-elected Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, who had slammed the case last year on the campaign trail, said his office concluded that witnesses lacked the credibility needed to continue the case against a man charged with paying for false testimony against a cantor accused of sexual abuse.
March 10, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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Brooklyn prosecutors have dropped a high-profile case against an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who was charged with extortion and paying for false testimony against a cantor accused of sexual abuse.
Prosecutors sought and received dismissal of the indictment in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Friday, despite objections from the cantor’s attorneys who said the turn of events was a rushed determination.
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