A New York Metropolis movie star stylist was arrested for attacking a distinguished rabbi and utilizing vile antisemitic slur outdoors the swanky Chelsea lodge.
Aleksander Janik, often known as a private shopper to the celebs together with Celine Dion and Rihanna, allegedly violently assaulted Rabbi Chezky Wolff, knocking him to the bottom along with his large duffel bag in entrance of a crowd.
Janik, 52, was charged with assault as a hate crime and was launched with out bail on Friday after pleading not responsible in Manhattan Prison Court docket simply hours after he was arrested.
Wolff claimed the conflict allegedly started when Janik’s canine approached the doorways of the Chelsea Synagogue, which he runs.
Wolff requested Janik to leash the canine however Janik refused and questioned why he ought to.
Aleksander Janik, often known as a private shopper to the celebs together with Celine Dion and Rihanna , allegedly violently assaulted Rabbi Chezky Wolff, knocking him to the bottom along with his large duffel bag in entrance of a crowd
Video footage from the incident reveals Janik hanging the father-of-six within the head – knocking him to the bottom, inflicting his glasses and yarmulke to be thrown off
Janik then allegedly muttered ‘soiled Jews,’ prompting Wolff to start out recording him.
Upset that the rabbi was recording him, Janik then attacked the Wolff in broad daylight in entrance of many onlookers.
Video footage from the incident reveals Janik hanging the father-of-six within the head – knocking him to the bottom, inflicting his glasses and yarmulke to be thrown off.
Janik disputes the info providing a unique model of occasions to The Day by day Beast.
He said that his canine was resting in entrance of the synagogue to keep away from the warmth when Wolff approached and demanded they transfer.
Janik alleged that Wolff used derogatory language towards him and denied utilizing any offensive language.
He then boldly claimed that he in reality identifies as being ‘half Jewish’ himself and talked about that his grandmother had a connection to Auschwitz. Nevertheless, he didn’t specify whether or not she was a employee or a prisoner on the focus camp.
He did, nonetheless, admit to bodily attacking the rabbi.
Janik’s social media accounts are full of photos of him posing with celebrities together with Celine Dion, Rihanna, Brooke Shields, and Mayor Eric Adams
Janik, 52, was charged with assault as a hate crime and was launched with out bail on Friday after pleading not responsible in Manhattan Prison Court docket simply hours after he was arrested
‘Sure, I pushed him. I pushed him with my bag,’ he advised the New York Put up Tuesday.
‘I defend my canine and myself. A stranger man who’s following me with their cellphone in my face, I ought to guard myself. I do not know him,’ Janik mentioned.
‘I help the Jewish group. I am a really large fan of each faith,’ Janik added.
In response, Wolff’s lawyer, Cary London mentioned: ‘We have now no response to an antisemite’s lies. Once more — the Jewish individuals simply need peace.’
The tote bag was apparently full of laborious objects together with books or a laptop computer, which left a mark on the Rabbi’s head, London advised the Put up.
Janik’s social media accounts are full of photos of him posing with celebrities together with Celine Dion, Rihanna, Brooke Shields, and Mayor Eric Adams.
Wolff claimed the conflict started when Janik’s canine approached the doorways of the Chelsea Synagogue, which he runs. Janik then muttered ‘soiled Jews,’ prompting Wolff to start out recording him
One witness wrote his account in a Day by day Beast article, stating, ‘I used to be sipping a margarita and consuming tapas with a brand new colleague at an out of doors restaurant on West twenty third Avenue in Manhattan, once I heard an unfamiliar thud.’
‘This thud was adopted by the sound of a physique hitting the bottom, and the clattering of eyeglasses on pavement. I turned to see a bearded man shortly arise, put his yarmulke again on, and chase after an assailant who was strolling a golden retriever,’ Ben Sherwood, writer and CEO of the Day by day Beast, who occurred to witness the assault wrote on Saturday.
‘Instantly, prospects within the restaurant jumped to their ft … There was an actual sense of indignation on the terrace,’ he wrote. ‘“That is New York Metropolis,” the British girl mentioned, “and there’s antisemitism throughout us.”’
