![]() ![]() ![]() “At that point in my life, I could never imagine talking to Yehuda in a disrespectful way,” she said. She said he also threatened her harm and even death if she told anyone what happened. Scaccetti says she rejected his advances and that the four-hour visit ended with him calling for a cab to take her home, but only after he seized her phone and deleted messages. ![]() She also claims he touched her and forcibly embraced her. ![]() The 36-year-old plaintiff alleges Berg gave her alcohol and a Vicodin pill to try and relax her so she would agree to have sex with him at his mother’s apartment in the Kabbalah Centre in New York City the night of Oct. The plaintiff was in her second day of testimony in trial of her lawsuit against Berg and the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles, where Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and other celebrities have studied. My connection is between me and God at this point. “I grew up a Catholic and I don’t confide in any priests. “I never confided in a rabbi again,” Scaccetti testified. Jena Scaccetti told a Los Angeles Superior Court jury that the controlling aspects of Kabbalah and an alleged attempt by one of its former co-directors, Rabbi Yehuda Berg, to convince her to have sex with him took its toll after six years as a follower. A former Kabbalah Centre International student testified Wednesday that her negative experiences with the Jewish school of thought has prompted her to shun religion, distrust the clergy and install extensive security in her home to protect herself. ![]()
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