so sad! this whole situation. again, i am disgusted that some jews are happy about this story... i just dont get it. i know countless stories about this situations, i dont want to talk about the specific ways they did what they did, but for a husband to with hold a get from a wife (and i know stories where husbands demanded BIG numbers like 2 mm), does that make sense?
i saw this comment on one of the websites:
the loshon hora here is appalling. i am a former agunah who was a client of rabbi epstien and no one fought harder than he did. yes i paid him because i was purchasing his services, the way i would pay a lawyer. he didnt take money specifically to free me. He published a booklet of warning signs for women to look out for in shidduchim that i distributed to all my friends. they way that commenters here are assuming he took bribes to hold women hostage is a slap in the face to all he has done. yes he broke alot of rules to make things happen because unfortubately there is not straught and narrow way to make things happen in our system. i am horrified at how people here are rejoicing at his mosfortune just because he has the title rabbi. some of you are so dripping with hatred and venom that you salivate at seeing anyone with a beard suffer. you are disgusting.