Advocates Call on DA Gonzalez to Stand with Survivors and Reverse Decision to Free Child Rapist

BROOKLYN, NY (12/03/2025) (readMedia)-- On Thursday, days before an expected hearing for convicted child rapist Nechemya Weberman, survivors, advocates from the Jewish community and will hold a press conference demanding DA Eric Gonzalez reverse his decision to vacate Weberman's sentence and stand with survivors of abuse.

A previous Brooklyn DA sentenced Weberman to 50 years for raping a teenage girl repeatedly over three years. Weberman's conviction followed a years-long campaign of intimidation and retaliation against the victim and her family, including public disparagement by community leaders, a fundraiser that raised over $500,000 to support Weberman and attempt to bribe the victim, and sustained harassment, threats, and ostracism

For more than a decade, factions within the Jewish community have worked to rewrite Weberman's crimes, casting him as a falsely accused martyr, and now seek to free him entirely. Releasing Weberman early would endanger children and women, signaling to abusers that powerful allies can shield them from accountability.