JERUSALEM, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- An eighth allegation of sexual assault has been filed against Israeli President Moshe Katsav on Wednesday, Israel's daily Ha'aretz reported on Thursday.

    The report said that the newly emerged complainant accused Katsav of assaulting her while she was working for him during his tenure as a cabinet minister a few years ago.

    The complainant was cited as saying that the President sexually harassed her repeatedly and tried to touch her inappropriately. According to Ha'aretz, her complaint, the second to have been filed, is one of the central allegations being considered by the investigative team into the matter.

    In response to the accusation, Katsav's attorney Zion Amir called the second complainant's testimony "a shocking story bordering on fantasy."

    "The evidence that we have in our hands completely disproves this woman's testimony," cited the attorney, adding, "She was fired from her job and swore to seek revenge."

    Earlier in the week, the team investigating Katsav for allegedrape and other charges presented its interim findings to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz.

    Investigators believe that the material collected so far contains enough evidence for at least three charges in the affair. Based on the evidence it appears highly likely that at the end of the investigation, the team will recommend indicting Katsav, apparently on three charges. Enditem