Rabbi Accused of Secretly Taping Women in Georgetown Appearing in Court Today: Report

A rabbi who pleaded guilty to secreting recording women undressing and using a changing room at a Jewish ritual bath will appear in court today in an appeal of his 6 1/2 year sentence.

Prosecutors accused Rabbi Bernard Fruendel, who served at the National Capital Mikvah in Washington, of filming about 150 women with cameras hidden in a clock radio, a fan and a tissue box holder, according to an NBC Washington report.

Fruendel took a plea deal and acknowledged secretly recording women at the mikvah between 2009 and 2014, but his lawyer argues that the sentence handed down was illegal and should have been limited to a year in prison, according to the report.

Fruendel was arrested in 2014 after someone discovered one of his recording devices.

The National Capital Mikvah is located at 1308 28th St. NW in Georgetown.

Image via National Capital Mikvah