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Monday, January 27, 2014

FailedMessiah Sued By Marisa Trachtenberg Over Pedophile Claim


A Queens woman says an Jewish Orthodox blog has falsely damned her as a pedophile — without being given a chance to state her innocence, according to a lawsuit.

Preschool teacher Marisa Trachtenberg, 31, was charged on a sex-abuse charge in August with kissing a 15-year-old girl in 2006 — an allegation she vehemently denies.

Although the charges were quickly dismissed, Trachtenberg claims “she lives in hell” because a Minnesota blogger who reported the arrest implied the victim was a young child and that there were “potentially many more victims,” according to a December Queens Supreme Court suit.

Although a lawyer alerted Shmayra Rosenberg, who runs failedmessiah.typepad.com, that the statements were “false and defamatory,” Rosenberg refuses to remove the post.

Rosenberg “did not check the source of his information” and “acted in reckless disregard for the truth,” according to court papers. “A simple visit to the court or phone call to Marisa Trachtenberg would have resulted in access to the pleadings.”

Rosenberg claims it’s on Trachtenberg to provide proof of her innocence — although the blogger never requested such evidence when Trachtenberg’s lawyer asked that the post be removed.

“I did not speak to Trachtenberg” before writing about the arrest, he told The Post. “I had a credible source who told me the child was very young and that they were afraid there were more victims,” he told The Post.

Trachtenberg says she lost her job, has been unable to get another one, and has been “totally ostracized by the Orthodox community.”

She’s asking a judge to force Rosenberg to take down the post, as well as for unspecified damages.

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