A gag order in the case of an Israeli model who was arrested in October on suspicion of homicide was lifted on Sunday, with the suspect in question named as Leen Peer.
She and three other suspects were arrested last month in connection with the death of Shalom Nissim in Petah Tikva.
Peer, who denies killing Nissim, earlier dismissed her attorney and is being represented in court by public defender Anat Yaari, who said in a statement her client is “a normal young girl, with no criminal past, who got caught up in a feud between criminals. She provided her version of the sequence of events and denies the allegations against her.”
The other suspects have been named as David Kricheli, Maor Elisha and Bar Outmezgine. The four are suspected by police of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit a crime.
According to Hebrew media reports, Peer had in the past been implicated in violent acts, most recently stabbing her ex-boyfriend five months ago.
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She also attempted to stab a woman she had intimate relations with around a decade ago, the Kan public broadcaster reported.
Peer was also one of the dozens of complainants against modeling agent Shai Avital, who was convicted of sexual assault earlier this year after he was extradited from the Netherlands in 2022 to face charges.
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Prosecutors claim that Nissim arrived at Peer’s Petah Tikvah apartment on October 15 — reportedly at her invitation — where a fight broke out.
The suspects are thought to have consumed hard drugs, including heroin, before the victim arrived at the apartment, according to Hebrew media reports.
The suspects allegedly stabbed and assaulted Nissim with pepper spray before he fell from the apartment’s balcony. He then landed on a fence and broke his neck, which killed him on the spot, according to prosecutors.
Police initially thought Nissim’s death was a suicide, but then later opened a murder investigation after receiving the findings of his autopsy. The suspects, who reportedly tried to hide at various locations around the country, were arrested three days later.
Some of the suspects have refused to speak under questioning while others deny any connection to the suspected homicide, Channel 12 news reported. It cited unnamed sources as saying that Peer has changed her version of events six times.
As part of the investigation, police took Peer to the cemetery where Nissim is buried in an effort to persuade her to tell them everything she knows, the report said.
Peer reportedly asked what she would get in return for cooperating, but received no assurances from officers, according to Channel 12. Police have not yet decided whether to use Peer as a state witness or prosecution witness in the case due to her changed testimonies, the network said.
Kan reported that the police recently held a confrontation between Peer and Outmezgine during which she accused him of stabbing Nissim. Outmezgine reportedly responded that she was “lying.”
Nissim is the son of Asher Nissim, who was convicted in 2001 of murdering his wife and is serving a life sentence, the Ynet news outlet reported.
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