The State Attorney’s Office on Monday filed an indictment with the Lod District Court against military defense attorney Idan Dvir, 42, of Netanya, accusing him of exploiting his position as counsel to commit multiple sexual offenses against 10 women, including female soldiers, women awaiting enlistment, and an undercover police agent.
According to the indictment, Dvir faces 10 counts that include rape, attempted rape, an indecent act by force, multiple counts of indecent acts, attempted procurement for prostitution under aggravated circumstances, sexual harassment, providing false information, and destruction of evidence.
Prosecutors allege that Dvir, who primarily represented soldiers facing criminal proceedings in the military courts, carried out the acts over a period of years until his arrest, while exploiting what the indictment describes as sharp power gaps and the complainants’ severe distress.
The indictment says Dvir advertised his legal services in TikTok videos, drawing inquiries from women in mandatory service and women awaiting enlistment, including lone soldiers, many of whom were allegedly absent without leave or accused of desertion and facing military criminal proceedings.
According to prosecutors, during his conversations with them, Dvir systematically steered the exchanges in a sexual direction, asking intimate personal questions about their relationships, prior sexual experience, and sexual preferences, while also checking their financial situation and whether they could afford legal fees amounting to thousands of shekels.
The prosecution says many of the complainants disclosed mental and emotional distress tied to their young age, socioeconomic circumstances, and the military criminal proceedings they were facing.
Despite being aware of that distress, prosecutors allege, Dvir told them the issue of representation could be “worked out” in another way and proposed what the indictment terms “benefits” in lieu of payment.
Reductions in legal fees in exchange for sexual acts
In exchange for sex or sexual acts, the indictment says, he allegedly offered reductions in legal fees ranging from NIS 2,000 to NIS 10,000. In some cases, prosecutors say, he quoted specific sums for particular acts and even sent a “price list” detailing the value of each sexual act.
The indictment cites one instance in which Dvir allegedly asked a complainant how she expected him to represent her if she was unwilling to have sex with him. In another, he allegedly asked a young woman: “If I get you released today, won’t I deserve compensation?”
In one of the most serious allegations, prosecutors say that under the guise of a professional meeting, Dvir drove one complainant to his home and, after making proposals to her, forced sexual acts on her despite her explicit objections.
In other cases, according to the indictment, Dvir allegedly carried out sexual acts without consent while he was representing complainants in detention proceedings, including during consultation meetings in designated rooms at detention facilities.
The prosecution said he allegedly acted despite knowing the women were not freely consenting, while exploiting distress worsened by incarceration, as well as their dependence on him and isolation while under arrest.
In one case, the indictment alleges, Dvir sought to intensify one complainant’s distress and deepen her dependence on him even before her arrest by anonymously reporting false claims to military police that she had committed criminal offenses. That report allegedly led to a criminal investigation and her arrest. He then went on to represent her after her detention and allegedly carried out sexual acts without her consent.
Prosecutors further allege that he later warned the same complainant that it would be a shame if he were forced to sue her parents over unpaid legal fees, leading her, while still detained, to promise she would pay him “in any way,” including through the sexual arrangements he had allegedly proposed.
To conceal his conduct, the indictment says, Dvir routinely deleted written messages he sent to complainants via messaging apps or edited them shortly after sending, so that only “innocent” versions would remain. In other cases, prosecutors say, he asked to move conversations to Telegram, where he allegedly made the proposals in chats set to disappear seconds after being read.
After some complainants filed police complaints, the Central District police major crimes unit, with prosecutors' approval, deployed an undercover police agent. According to the indictment, Dvir also engaged her in lengthy, intimate conversations and made sexual proposals while exploiting her distress.
The Central District Attorney’s Office has asked the court to keep Dvir in custody until the conclusion of the proceedings.