Ex-Israel president formally charged in sex case

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"Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was formerly charged on Thursday with sexually harassing two women, two days after the Supreme Court upheld a plea bargain that saw him escape charges of rape.

Prosecutors also charged the 62-year-old father of five with indecent acts and of suborning a witness.

Katsav, who has effectively pleaded guilty, must now appear in court for his formal conviction and sentencing, for which no date has yet been set.

If the court rules that his crimes were "vile," Katsav could lose the comfortable pension, apartment, office, two secretaries and car and driver that he is entitled to as ex-president.

He would also receive a suspended sentence and a fine."

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