Letter: Publicity harmful in harassment case
David Harounian, 74, the deputy mayor of the Village of Kings Point, at the First District Court in Hempstead. Harounian pleaded not guilty to a charge of harassment that was lodged by a woman who said he touched her inappropriately and made suggestive comments to her inside a Great Neck synagogue. (Nov. 7, 2013) Credit: Howard Schnapp
Something hit me as deeply disturbing when I opened Newsday and saw a photo of David Harounian ["Not guilty plea from deputy mayor," News, Nov. 8]. I don't know him personally.
Based on the accusation of a woman he sat next to in a house of worship, he has had his name and photo plastered all over Long Island and beyond as an alleged harasser. What about his reputation?
I don't take the accusations lightly, but why should the press be the judge and jury?
Mike Jacobs, Wantagh
