By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 25 – Into a courthouse periodically enflamed by sex abuse scandal cases, from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the quieter echo of Kevin Spacey, UN rapist Karim Elkorany came in quietly, indicted and quickly released on bond.
On October 27, 2022, after a soft plea deal and the testimony of victims including about how Elkorany while a UN "Communications Specialist" drugged and raped them, including in the US, Elkorany was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Inner City Press live tweeted it, here - and immediately sought comment, again, from the UN and its spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming. None has been received.
On August 25, 2023, counsel for Elkorany's Victim-1 wrote in to say that Elkorany and his counsel have refused to pay restitution for the lost wages of the victim, a freelance journalist. Letter on Patreon here.
So a UN staffer raped a journalist, and now won't pay.
The perpetrator was himself ostensibly an aid worker, or Communications Specialist, for the United Nations under Melissa Fleming?
Fleming, who had been Elkorany's boss, refused repeatedly to answer email questions about the case, as did UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric. They banned the questioner, and refused to answer Inner City Press' June 19, 2023 application to enter to cover UNGA Week.
Like Elkorany, who flashed his blue UN "passport" to get security to allow his to keep raping, they had immunity. That Elkorany, allowed to return to the US by UNSG Antonio Guterres, raped Victim 2 here too made no difference to them.
Despite the graphic description of penetration and surgeries, the text messages with a big-name journalist / UN Correspondent bragging about grinding up Zanax and causing pain, little was done.
What went wrong? More on Patreon here.
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