Appeals court hearing case of rabbi who taped women at bath
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An appeals court in Washington is hearing the case of a once-prominent Orthodox rabbi who spent years secretly videotaping women undressing and using a changing room at a Jewish ritual bath.
A lawyer for Rabbi Bernard Freundel is expected to argue in court Tuesday that his client's approximately 6 ½ year sentence is illegal and should have been limited to a year in prison.
Freundel was arrested in 2014 after one of his recording devices was discovered at the National Capital Mikvah in Washington.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors found he filmed some 150 women using recording devices hidden in a clock radio, a fan and a tissue box holder. He ultimately took a plea deal in the case and acknowledged that from 2009 to 2014 he secretly recorded women at the mikvah.