Overview
- An online video recorded by Israeli influencer Max Ilinsky (Max Veifer) during a 2025 ChatRoulette session, in which two Sydney nurses allegedly made threats to Israeli patients, sparked charges after it circulated widely.
- Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir were charged in February and have pleaded not guilty while NSW Health has stood them down and imposed a two-year ban on working with NDIS participants.
- Defence lawyers argue the recording was an illegal capture of a private conversation and say the influencer ran a form of vigilante content creation aimed at eliciting and exploiting views.
- The Crown contends the random nature of the online chat meant a lower expectation of privacy and describes the video as an unchallengeable record of what was said.
- Judge Michael McHugh reserved a ruling on admissibility for June 23, and the trial is set for the end of August with the prosecution warning that exclusion of the video could effectively end the case and questions remaining about whether the influencer must give in-person evidence.