A San Diego Jewish community center canceled a planned
performance by Israeli singer Eyal Golan following a sex scandal involving the
singer's father and several associates, Army Radio reported on Friday.
According to the report, the show scheduled for January 19
was nixed due to objections from members of the Jewish community who felt it
was inappropriate for the performer to appear at their center.
Golan was arrested late last year in connection to a sex
scandal involving underage girls, and admitted to police that he has sex with a
minor but didn't know the girl was a minor at the time.
He is not being charged, but police have said four others,
including the singer's father, are likely to be indicted. The singer's father
and other associates are suspected of exploiting Golan's celebrity to have sex
with underage girls, and are suspected of statutory rape, inducing a minor to
use drugs and procuring minors.
Golan has been touring elsewhere in the United States, and
now his fans in San Diego are angry about the cancellation, Army Radio reports.
Yigal Amsalem, a fan of the singer who was helping sell
tickets for the event, told Army Radio, "Bringing Eyal Golan to San Diego
is no small thing. He was acquitted in court. I don’t understand what
justification the community has to come and vilify him in this way."
On the show's Facebook event page, another fan, Sharon
Bousidan Amsalem, wrote in Hebrew:
"Unfortunately, the JCC has canceled
the event following the reports in the last two months. The San Diego morality
police decided that it is inappropriate for Eyal to perform here." She
added that a protest letter had been posted on the JCC's Facebook page, but it
has since been removed.
Golan's rep in Israel, Ran Rahav, told Army Radio the issue
was being examined.
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