THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — At the same time he sought war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the International Criminal Court faced accusations that he tried for more than a year to coerce a female aide into a sexual relationship. Karim Khan has categorically denied the accusations and court officials have suggested they may have been made as part of an Israeli intelligence smear campaign. The Associated Press pieced together details of the accusations through documents shared with the court’s independent watchdog and interviews with eight ICC officials and individuals close to the woman.
Here are some of the key findings of the AP investigation . Among the allegations told to AP is that Khan noticed the woman working at another department at ICC and moved her into his office, a transfer that included a pay bump. Their time together allegedly increased after a private dinner in London where Khan took the woman’s hand and complained about his marriage.
She became a presence on official trips and meetings with dignitaries. During one such trip, Khan allegedly asked the woman to rest with him on a hotel bed and then “sexually touched her,” according to the documents. Later, he came to her room at 3 a.
m. and knocked on the door for 10 minutes. Other allegedly nonconsensual behavior cited in the documents included locking the door of his office and sticking his hand in her pocket.
He also allegedly asked her on seve.
