A 61-year-old former employee of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem has sued Sara Netanyahu for NIS 300,000 shekels ($98,000), alleging the premier’s wife verbally and physically abused him.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement Thursday that the claims “have no basis, [and] do not reflect reality,” and said it would provide a detailed response to all of the allegations during the legal fight to come.

The plaintiff, Yehiel Ohev-Ami, was fired from his job cooking and cleaning for the couple some five months ago.

Among the demands, he said, was that he wipe clean the soles of the couple’s shoes every day, while making sure his “hand didn’t go inside the shoe by accident.” When he made small mistakes, such as failing to unload the laundry just right, he was allegedly subjected to “a torrent of screams and swearing.”

In the lawsuit, he claimed that Sara Netanyahu shoved him against the wall on three occasions, on one occasion shouting at him: “Who’s stupid?” and “Who’s retarded?”

He also claimed that when he returned from a smoking break, and the prime minister’s wife said he smelled of cigarettes, she told him: “I hope you get cancer,” and “If only you would die.”

Ohev-Ami claimed that he was treated poorly on a daily basis, but cites as the incident that “broke his spirit” a December 2025 exchange in which Sara Netanyahu allegedly “diagnosed” him with autism, and then demanded he pay her for it.

“I am the prime minister’s wife. I am the number one psychologist in Israel, and I have no competitors,” she was alleged to have told him. “My therapy costs a lot of money.”

Then, according to the lawsuit, she told Ohev-Ami: “I’ve diagnosed you – you’re on the autistic spectrum.” The remark touched a nerve, according to the report, because the worker had previously shared that his son had autism.

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