He did this with a heavy heart.
A smelly, morbidly-obese married Long Island lawyer allegedly tormented his much younger lover for years — setting up secret cameras in her apartment, a tracker in her car, and a keystroke recorder on her computer.
Ronald David Ingber allegedly manipulated the Bergen County woman until she was isolated from her family and dependent on him, then blasted out sexual photos and videos of her to friends and family when she tried to leave, she said in a lawsuit.
Having sex with Ingber, 52, was not easy, according to the victim, identified in Brooklyn Federal Court papers only as Jane Doe.
“At more than 550 pounds, Ingber had difficulty cleaning himself, causing [the accuser] to develop painful boils following sexual activity,” the 37-year-old said in court papers. “The duty was not an easy or enjoyable one . . . between the smells and rashes.”
She also accused the father of two of giving her herpes.
The pair met online in 2018, with Ingber claiming he was in the midst of divorcing his wife, Jane Doe said.
The attorney allegedly convinced her to leave her job and move into an apartment he rented for her in Nassau County.
“Ingber monitored, manipulated, and controlled every aspect of [her] life,” even bizarrely convincing her they were under criminal investigation in New Jersey — and that he would protect her, according to the lawsuit.
“Ingber’s covert surveillance was extensive and inescapable,” she said in legal papers.
When she tried to move out or end the relationship, which dragged on for four years, Ingber would convince her that he was “her only ally,” even though “he was actually the one responsible for her misery.”
He hacked her devices, she said. With access to her email, Ingber “or someone acting on [his] behalf began interfering with . . . cell phones, enabling him to view outgoing and incoming phone calls, delete photographs, and access and delete other content.”
The woman claims Ingber continues to send her unhinged messages.
She “is tired of hiding from Ingber and desperately seeks the ability to move through her life freely and without the constant fear that he is tracking her.”
The accuser is seeking $150,000 per illicit image sent out by Ingber, along with unspecified damages for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
A lawyer for Ingber vehemently denied the allegations.
“Mr. Ingber flatly denies each of these patently false claims and is confident that a full litigation of this matter will expose Ms. Doe, who strategically identified, targeted and aggressively pursued Mr. Ingber,” attorney Richard Portale said in a statement.
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