International prosecutor who charged Netanyahu vows to cooperate with sex misconduct investigation

The International Criminal Court’s apical charismatic has called for an soul investigation into allegations he tried to coerce a female adjutant into a intersexual relationship

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The International Criminal Court’s apical charismatic has called for an soul investigation into allegations he tried to coerce a female adjutant into a intersexual narration and groped her.

Karim Khan's petition Monday follows an investigation by The Associated Press detailing allegations made successful May by 2 co-workers successful whom nan female confided arsenic nan main charismatic was preparing to activity charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of Hamas complete their actions successful Gaza.

Khan has antecedently said location was “no truth” to nan misconduct allegations and tribunal officials told nan AP they whitethorn person been made arsenic portion of an Israeli intelligence smear run to discredit nan court.

In a societal media post Monday, nan British jurist complained that caller media reporting had breached nan confidentiality of nan court's soul proceedings and dispersed “disinformation” that violated his authorities arsenic good arsenic those of nan alleged victim. Khan said he would cooperate afloat pinch immoderate enquiry made nether nan court's Independent Oversight Mechanism — nan aforesaid watchdog that closed an enquiry conscionable 5 days aft receiving nan third-party complaint.

The enquiry should beryllium “permitted to do its activity without interference truthful that nan important activity of nan Office whitethorn proceed unimpeded,” he said, declining further comment.

The court's watchdog antecedently wished nary investigation was necessary, and didn't mobility Khan astir his behavior, erstwhile nan alleged unfortunate opted against filing a general complaint.

People adjacent to nan woman, who still useful astatine nan court, told AP that she opted against a title astatine nan clip because she didn’t spot nan soul watchdog and has since asked nan assemblage of member-states that oversees nan ICC to motorboat an outer probe.

AP pieced together specifications of nan accusations done whistleblower documents shared pinch nan watchdog and interviews pinch 8 ICC officials and individuals adjacent to nan woman. All said connected nan information of anonymity owed to nan delicate quality of nan allegations aliases fearfulness of retaliation.

Among nan allegations told to AP is that Khan during a overseas travel asked nan female to remainder pinch him connected a edifice furniture and past “sexually touched her,” according to nan documents. Later, he came to her room astatine 3 a.m. and knocked connected nan doorway for 10 minutes.

Other allegedly nonconsensual behaviour cited successful nan documents included locking nan doorway of his agency and sticking his manus successful her pocket. He besides allegedly asked her connected respective occasions to spell connected a picnic together.

While nan watchdog could not find wrongdoing earlier ending its first inquiry, it nevertheless urged Khan successful a memo to minimize interaction pinch nan female to protect nan authorities of each progressive and safeguard nan court’s integrity.

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Goodman reported from Miami. Contact AP’s world investigative squad astatine Investigative@ap.org.