Brooklyn man charged with extorting son of convicted sex offender

11-7-2010 New York:

A Brooklyn man who threatened to accuse the adult son of a convicted sex offender of sexually assaulting his son unless he was paid over $100,000 was charged today with attempted grand larceny, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.

Simon Taub, 61, allegedly got the message to Meyer Lebovits that he planned to inform the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office that Lebovits sexually abused his son.

Lebovits notified the DA’s office about the threat and an investigation began.

The investigation came to a head in July, when Lebovits forked over $75,000 to Taub. Shortly after the transaction, Taub was arrested.

Lebovits, 31, the son of Baruch Lebovits, who is serving a 32-year prison sentence for sexually abusing a Borough Park teen, declined to comment Friday when reached on his cell phone.

His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, refused to discuss the case.

If convicted, Taub faces up to seven years in prison.

Taub has made headlines before. He and his wife, Chana, divided their Borough Park home with a wall as they went through a bitter divorce. ..Source.. EDMUND DeMARCHE