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Revealed: Surviving Malka Leifer

In 2008, allegations emerged that Malka Leifer, the headmistress of the girls' campus of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne's inner south-east, had committed grievous crimes against three young students under her care, sisters Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper. It was the catalyst for a reckoning; but before police investigations could get underway, Leifer fled overseas under the cloak of darkness with the assistance of the school. Thus began an extradition battle that would last for the better part of a decade, and a broader quest for justice that revealed a web of international intrigue, legal loopholes and political corruption as well as a deeper culture of silence around sexual abuse.

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  • Ashley Brown

    Ashley Brown

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  • Matan Akiva

    Matan Akiva

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  • Shana Aaronson

    Shana Aaronson

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  • Ben Sapper

    Ben Sapper

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  • Elly Sapper

    Elly Sapper

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  • Avital Riber-Oron

    Avital Riber-Oron

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  • Nicole Meyer

    Nicole Meyer

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  • Ted Baillieu

    Ted Baillieu

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  • Dassi Erlich

    Dassi Erlich

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In 2008, allegations emerged that Malka Leifer, the headmistress of the girls' campus of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne's inner south-east, had committed grievous crimes against three young students under her care, sisters Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper. It was the catalyst for a reckoning; but before police investigations could get underway, Leifer fled overseas under the cloak of darkness with the assistance of the school. Thus began an extradition battle that would last for the better part of a decade, and a broader quest for justice that revealed a web of international intrigue, legal loopholes and political corruption as well as a deeper culture of silence around sexual abuse.

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