Bernard Freundel filmed naked women who entered a sacred, intimate space of religious ritual using the trust of every woman whose private moments he caught on camera.
Freundel initially was charged with six counts of voyeurism for videotaping six women. , but had actually positioned hidden cameras to photograph 152 naked women inside a Jewish ritual bath called a mikveh.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reduced the number of charges to 52 so the crimes would fall within the time frame of the statute of limitations, said his lawyer, Jeffrey Harris.