"Just a game": Was the mother whose daughter was tied with a leash released after a night in detention
The Haifa Magistrate's Court released from detention the mother who was arrested after her daughter was documented being led on a leash. The judges criticized the police: the mother is not shown in the video, and the person leading the girl is a relative who has not yet been questioned. In her investigation, the mother claimed it was a game.
The Haifa Magistrate's Court today (Tuesday) released from detention the mother who was arrested yesterday after her daughter was documented being led on all fours with a leash in Haifa. The court criticized the police for the fact that the arrested mother is not shown in the video at all – and the person leading her daughter with the leash is a relative who has not been questioned at all. Now, after the mother's release, the relative is expected to be summoned for questioning. According to the court, there is no suspicion of abuse by the mother, a psychologist by profession. In her investigation, she claimed that although the footage published on social media looks bad, in practice it was a game between her daughter and the relative. The court criticized the police for not even conducting a "basic investigative action" before arresting the mother following the footage, and for keeping her in detention overnight despite the fact that she is not shown in the video. The mother's attorney, Benny Harel, stated that this was a false arrest that gained momentum due to the leak of the video to the media.