🚨NO WHITE SUPREMACISTS INVOLVED🚨
🚨NO ISLAMIC JIHADISTS INVOLVED🚨
I bet you CPS didn't investigate him for fear of being accused of anti-semitism. So they turned a blind eye. I mean come on they kept allowing him to keep adopting little boys. 9 boys in total. That's a lot of children to be given to one man. That wasn't suspicioius to them at all? I'd say that is a glaring RED FLAG. 🚩 Again, I bet you because he identified himself as a Hasidic Jewish Rabbi authorities turned a blind eye for fear of being accused of "anti-Semitism" if they prevented the adoptions or investigated him for child sex crimes. CPS dropped 8 investigations against him that they claim led to nothing. (emphasis mine)
Law&Crime Network published April 14, 2025 Fake TikTok Rabbi Abused Adopted Sons. Law&Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber.
For years, Hayim Nissim Cohen presented himself as an Orthodox Jewish rabbi to his thousands of TikTok followers. He told Jewish news outlets that he wanted to “save” Jewish children from non-Jewish homes, so he adopted nine boys. But Texas prosecutors say he was actually abusing the children and now he’s going to prison. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber spoke with trial attorney Jeffrey B. Simon about the charges against him and his punishment.
ABC13 Houston published April 8, 2025: Adoptive father found guilty of sexually abusing 9 sons, sentenced to 40 years in prison, docs say.
Hayim Cohen was arrested back in 2023 after his then 17-year-old son called into an Atlanta podcast and admitted the abuse at the hands of his adoptive father.
ABC13 Houston published April 15, 2025: Adopted sons have final say before man sent to 40 years in prison for sex abuse.
Six of Hayim Cohen's adopted sons gave their victim impact statements Monday morning before he is sent to prison for 40 years.
ABC13 News, Houston, TX local
written by Mycah Hatfield
Monday April 14, 2025
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Six of Hayim Cohen's adopted sons gave their victim impact statements Monday morning before he is sent to prison for 40 years.
In 2023, Cohen was taken into custody after one of his adopted sons made an outcry about sexual abuse on a podcast. At the time, the boy was 17 years old. The boys were removed from the home at the time.
The teen said he and his brothers were being sexually abused by their adoptive father and used the term "rape." He said Child Protective Services (CPS) had conducted eight investigations into the family, but nothing ever came of it.
Last week, Cohen pleaded guilty to four counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child and was given 40 years in prison for each count. He also pleaded guilty to indecency with a child and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentences will run concurrently, so he will spend 40 years in prison without the possibility of parole. The charges represent seven victims: six of his nine adopted sons and a foreign exchange student who lived at Cohen's home for a period of time and said he was sexually abused.
On Monday morning, the six of Cohen's sons, who range in ages from elementary school to young adults, shared their final message to him after years of abuse.
Each of them addressed him by his birth name, "Jeffrey," rather than the name he took on when he adopted Judaism.
His adopted son who made the initial outcry, who is not being identified because of the nature of the crime, took the stand first.
"Good morning to everyone except for you, Jeffrey," he said first.
He spoke directly to Cohen from the stand and described in detail the sexual abuse. Cohen was seen shaking his head subtly.
"You are a sick and twisted individual with an incurable disease," the young man who is nearly 20-years-old said. "You preyed upon innocent, innocent young boys who had nothing."
The young man who made the outcry said that Cohen made him think he was going to have a family of his own and said he was excited about it.
"Even though you did that to me, I still loved you," he said. "I was young and innocent and desperate for a normal life."
He said they were locked in a room because Cohen "couldn't face what (he) did."
"I lost (my childhood) to you," he explained. "There is no recovering it. I will never be able to tell my kids about my high school experience, my childhood best friends, but I did gain something from it. I gained courage, respect. I gained faith. I gained friends, and I gained justice today."
The boys detailed a home of horrors where they were deprived of food, manipulated, prohibited from going to school, given medication they did not need, cut with a knife and verbally abused.
One of the boys, who said he is now in fourth grade, said he was abused with a belt and was lied to about his biological family. He said he was forced to do things he did not like.
"You can't hurt me anymore," the boy said.
He detailed his success in school and the new skills he has gained with his new family, like playing the trombone and riding a skateboard.
"I hope you feel scared in jail, as we did living with you," the young boy said. "Everyone will treat you like garbage like you did to me. I hope you suffer like I did. I will sleep good tonight knowing you will never get out of jail. I hate you. I hate you. You look like a psychopath and that scares me. Now I can relax while you suffer."
A third boy took the stand and immediately pointed out the differences in his appearance.
"Hey, Jeffrey," he started off with. "I know I don't look recognizable, but let me remind you, I'm one of those kids that locked in a room and stole my childhood."
He said he remembers when Cohen told him that he was going to be arrested and he said he was "one of the most happy boys in the world" upon hearing the news.
He said he does not hate Cohen, but hates him for what he has done. He said he thinks about Cohen every day.
"Not positive," he said. "Not negative. I wish you could have done better as a father."
A fourth boy took the stand and said he has attempted suicide 19 times since leaving Cohen's home "from the memories and the stuff you used to do to me."
"You manipulated me in ways I was too young to ever understand," the boy said.
Two of the boys had someone else read their statements on their behalf.
Each of the six boys pointed out that Cohen will die in prison.
Several of the boys said they were adopted out of bad situations, but that Cohen's home was worse. One describing it as "hell."
"You manipulated me in ways I was too young to ever understand," the boy said.
Two of the boys had someone else read their statements on their behalf.
Each of the six boys pointed out that Cohen will die in prison.
Several of the boys said they were adopted out of bad situations, but that Cohen's home was worse. One describing it as "hell."
The boys told Cohen how much better their lives have been since leaving his home and discussed the milestone in their lives he made them miss.
Hayim pleaded guilty less than a month before he was set to go to trial in the case.
"We took a look at the evidence and honestly, it was overwhelming," his defense attorney Charles Johnson said. "He was looking at five consecutive life sentences, plus additional charges in that case. We think that the deal that was worked out actually is something that's better for him."
Cohen was silent in court on Monday and showed no emotion. ABC13 asked Johnson if his client passed on any message that he could share. He said he did not. Johnson would not disclose whether his client took any responsibility for his actions.
"This is a rough situation and the thing is these aren't just numbers," Johnson explained why his client did not say anything. "These are actual years. It's a lot to deal with, so no he hasn't had any message, but I think that he has accepted it and resigned to the fact of what's going on."
Cohen's eldest adopted son, Avshalom Cohen, remains behind bars for sexually abusing his brothers. His case is still active.
KHOU 11 published July 26, 2023: Son of Houston man charged with sexually assaulting 6 adopted sons now faces similar charges. A Houston man who adopted nine kids is accused of sexually abusing six of them. The three oldest supported him. Now one of them faces similar charges.
KHOU 11 published February 16, 2023: Man with 9 adopted boys accused of sexual abuse. Houston man who adopted 9 boys charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of a child (Graphic content)
Police learned about the allegations against Hayim Cohen after one of his adoptive sons told podcast listeners he’d been sexually assaulted since he was 11.
Cohen, 38, was charged with continual sexual abuse of a child and two counts of sexual assault of a child under 17.
He’s also accused of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting other adoptive sons, according to court documents.
Click2Houston.com
written by Brittany Taylor, Senior Digital Content Producer
Monday April 7, 2025
HOUSTON – An outcry on a podcast eventually led to a guilty verdict of Hayim Cohen, a single adoptive father of nine sons, who sexually abused them, according to prosecutors.
Cohen pled guilty to four counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child and indecency with a child. He was sentenced to 40 years for each continuous sexual abuse of a child charges and 15 years for indecency with a child.
Instead of Cohen serving 135 years, his sentences will be served concurrently, so he will be in prison for 40 years. All other charges were dismissed.
In 2023, a 17-year-old boy called into a podcast show and disclosed the sexual abuse he and his brother experienced by Cohen, according to court records. The documents did not state when the victim called into the show.
The teen told the podcaster that the suspect made him perform sexual acts and alleged that he was repeatedly “raped” by Cohen since he was 11 years old, and it was continuing.
The teen noted that there have been eight CPS investigations on his adoptive father, but nothing was ever done. He said he wanted to wait until he was 18 to come out about the abuse because no one ever believed him, according to court records.
The teen told the podcaster that he was able to call into the show through a burner phone using Wi-Fi, docs show.
CPS was notified and agents were able to track down the caller through an IP address after reviewing the podcast.
The aftermath
When the teen was contacted by CPS and interviewed on Feb. 6 at the Houston Police Department, he initially denied the allegations about his adoptive father and what was said on the podcast, according to court records.
When the CPS investigator played his voice heard on the episode, he became scared and admitted that he was the person who called in and detailed the abuse he and his brother suffered while living with Cohen, documents show. The teen also admitted that the sexual abuse began just two weeks after he was adopted by Cohen.
He told the investigator that he has tried to run away and report the abuse, but that Cohen would turn all his siblings against him and blamed him.
During the interview, the teen said, when Cohen would get mad at them, he would call them “white trash” and “racist.” He detailed a time when his brother ran away but that the suspect lied to constable deputies, saying the boy was sleepwalking, when they returned him.
According to records, the teen said Cohen is fake and pretends he can’t walk because of his illness and only uses his wheelchair when people come over to the home or when they are out in public.
CPS also learned that Cohen was out on bond for indecency with a child from a previous case in 2019.
Details on 2019 indecency with a child case
On April 17, 2019, Cohen is accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old foreign exchange student, who was living with him during his visit from Spain, according to court documents.
During his first month at the home, the exchange student recalled having problems with the father, docs show. He told investigators that Cohen would make “big problems out of little ones” and would often make him feel guilty. The teen remembered getting in trouble for shoplifting socks at a Walmart. When in trouble, Cohen would allegedly tell the victim that he needed to “make him happy.”
According to documents, the suspect would touch the teen’s chest and stomach area and noticed that he got aroused while making noises. The sexual abuse would allegedly occur in the suspect’s bedroom while everyone in the home were asleep.
The victim made an outcry to his principal about the allegations and stated that the sexual abuse went on for about eight months until April 17, according to court records.
Detectives also learned that another foreign exchange student from Germany was also going to be staying with Cohen.
Cohen was eventually arrested on Feb. 17, 2023. He will not be eligible for parole.
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