26 Year Old Jewish Man Falsely Reports Anti-Semitic Attack
Last week, the Detroit Free Press reported that 26-year-old cantorial soloist Sean Samitt falsely reported being stabbed in the parking lot at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield by a man who insulted him for being Jewish. Samitt reported the assault to police on Dec. 15.
Detectives on the scene searched Temple Kol Ami and did not find any evidence in the parking lot but discovered bloody tissues in Samitt’s office and in the men’s bathroom. There was also a bloody knife found in the kitchen area.
Surveillance footage from a nearby camera did not display any signs of an attack outside the synagogue.Police shared with the Free Press that Samitt told them he experienced a loss of consciousness while washing dishes at the synagogue and accidentally stabbed himself.
Samitt said he made up the story about being stabbed due to being teased at work for a medical condition.Officers later examined Samitt’s Apple Watch Health app data and found he did not lose consciousness. Samitt then told police he had stabbed himself because of a desire to get out of his contract with Temple Kol Ami.Once Samitt admitted he had fabricated the attack, West Bloomfield police reported the incident to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.
Sauce: https://thejewishnews.com/2020/01/02/temple-kol-ami-cantorial-soloist-falsely-reports-anti-semitic-attack/
Man Faked His Own Stabbing outside West Bloomfield Synagogue
Sauce: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/01/03/man-faked-his-own-stabbing-outside-west-bloomfield-synagogue-police-say/
He told police he was stabbed for being Jewish. Then his Apple Watch caught him in a lie
Sauce: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2020/01/02/jewish-west-bloomfield-stabbing/2794511001/
1:58 min video: TV report of this false hate crime