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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f416ae7129969ed17a549812e8765b6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>Prussak allegedly, approached the girl outside UK&#8217;s marquee luxury store Harrods, after she became separated from her family </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cb87d0716f517d224061b4c397e6e556 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>Robert Prussak Tuesday was acquitted by court in London, on charges related to abducting and raping a nine-year-old visiting from France with her family, on April 22, 2024 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4c3ea69bfcffd9a91649deb19150d8bc wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>He was accused of taking the child to his apt., drugging her with antihistamine Benadryl, before the sexually assault </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29d81ba2aafec4e91024fe5b5431c6f3 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>Arrested, he was charged with three counts sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, kidnapping with an intent to commit a sexual offense, and administering a substance with intent </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92dc9d63d53a19832733917f7712ef1f wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>The former US Air Force pilot, 57, had denied all the charges leveled against him </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5072221defad16adeccc6cef6d4946c9 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>Prussak broke down in the dock as he was acquitted and told he was free to go, after being cleared by the jury</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92b93c287d394186a79d1aab74e87d99 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#261d1d;font-size:14px"><strong>There was proof of sexual assault and the defendant was found not guilty on all counts </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Former US Air Force pilot, Robert Prussak, [photo], was cleared of kidnapping, drugging and child molestation by a UK court on Tuesday</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Robert Prussak, 57, is not guilty of kidnapping or raping a young child he abducted outside UK&#8217;s marquee luxury department store, Harrods, earlier this year. <br>The former US Air Force pilot had denied all the charges leveled against him. Today he was cleared of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl after approaching the child who was visiting England from France with her family. <br>According to the lawsuit heard at London&#8217;s Westminster Magistrate&#8217;s Court, Prussak approached the girl on April 22, after she became separated from her family during the trip.<br>The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was standing outside the department store in Knightsbridge, a trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard, when Mr Prussak offered to help her.<br>According to the prosecution, Prussak walked with her to his apartment where he gave her bitter-tasting water allegedly containing the antihistamine Benadryl, which left her tired, before he took her to Hyde Park and sexually assaulted her.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The former US Air Force pilot allegedly, approaching the child outside Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, on April 22, after she became separated from her family during a trip to London</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Prussak was arrested later on the same day after he and the girl were spotted walking past the Israeli embassy by a Metropolitan Police officer who had been informed she was missing.<br>He was searched and said, &#8220;I was just trying to help her out&#8221;, according to Sergeant Edward Lucas.<br>Prussak denied all the charges against him and a jury has today found him not guilty.<br>Judge Edward Connell told Prussak, who broke down in the dock as he was acquitted, that he was free to go. <br>Jurors had asked if there was any DNA evidence of the sexual assault just over an hour after they started deliberating yesterday, and Judge Connell said there was not.<br>He was found not guilty of three counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 13.<br>He was also cleared of one count of kidnapping, one count of committing an offense of kidnapping with an intent to commit a sexual offense, and one count of administering a substance with intent.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>I saw the girl and thought she was &#8220;waiting for somebody&#8221; and might need help. &#8216;My &#8220;mind went straight to my own daughters who are just a few years older than her and I thought if my daughters were lost in a big city, I wouldn&#8217;t want them stuck out alone&#8221;&#8216; &#8211; Prussak</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During his testimony on Friday, Prussak clarified that he was on his way to Buckingham Palace when he saw the girl and thought to himself that she was &#8220;waiting for somebody&#8221; and that she might need help.<br> &#8220;My mind went straight to my own daughters who are just a few years older than her and I thought if my daughters were lost in a big city, I wouldn&#8217;t want them stuck out alone,&#8221; Prussak told the jury, adding that<br>his attempts to communicate was garbled because the child replied in another language, so they began using a translation app to communicate.<br>He inquired if her parents were going shopping and she wrote down something that translated as &#8220;muse&#8221;, Prussak said. He took that to mean, &#8220;museum&#8221;, but she did not know which one.<br>Asked why he did not stay with the girl outside Harrods, he said: &#8220;In honesty, knowing everything I know now, that they were inside Harrods, staying there or going inside would&#8217;ve been the best solution.&#8221; Instead, the defendant began walking her towards a museum, he claimed, to &#8220;hopefully intercept the parents&#8221; and searched for nearby police stations but &#8220;surprisingly they were fairly far&#8221;.<br>His intention was &#8220;to get her back with her parents&#8221; and keep her &#8220;safe and comfortable&#8221;.<br>Questioned on why he chose his apartment over heading for the museum, Prussak claimed it had begun raining heavily, and his apartment was &#8220;very close by&#8221;.</p>

Ex-US Air Force pilot breaks down in UK courtroom as he’s acquitted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting girl, 9, lost on trip to London with her family
