"I will be cruel on a level you never dreamed of": Indictment against a man who blackmailed a well-known media figure

The State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Udi Eylon, 48, from Tel Aviv, for extortion by threats, threats, harassment, and additional offenses against a well-known media figure. According to the indictment, the two had business and social relations, but when he was not satisfied with the attention he received, he began threatening her with messages, publications, and showing up at her workplaces.

The Tel Aviv District Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Udi Eylon, 48, from Tel Aviv, for extortion by threats, threats, harassment, and additional offenses against a well-known media figure. The indictment, filed by attorney Ariel Gatnio, reveals that Eylon and the media figure had business relations in which he was responsible for producing paid lectures, which developed into a social relationship. About two years into the relationship, dissatisfied with the attention he received, he began sending her threatening WhatsApp messages, in which he threatened to harm her livelihood and reputation. In response to her refusal to continue the relationship, he began extorting her with threats, published posts on social networks, and even showed up at her workplaces while threatening to reveal details about her to the CEO of the news company and her colleagues. Among other things, he wrote: "You have ended your career," "I am going to be cruel on a level you never dreamed of." The media figure obtained a restraining order, but Eylon violated it. During a police confrontation, he threatened her in the presence of an investigator. The indictment attributes to him offenses of extortion by threats, threats, violation of a legal order, harassment, and invasion of privacy.