WHITE PLAINS – A Peekskill man was sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stalking several victims between October 2019 and August 2020.
David Kaufman, 28, also known as “David Khalifa,” “John Morray,” and “Big Man,” is a self-described Incel, or Involuntary Celibate, expressed his hatred of women by terrorizing and harassing his victims through threats of violence.
Kaufman self-identifies as an Incel or Involuntary Celibate, which refers to a group of domestic extremists who adhere to a violent and misogynist ideology of male supremacy. Incels believe they are entitled to sex with women and to women’s bodies, and they blame women for refusing to have sex with them.
Incels have an active online community and over the last eight years, Incels also have committed acts of violence against women around the world, including in the United States.
From 2019 to 2020, Kaufman harassed, threatened and stalked several victims. In February 2019, he sent a bomb, rape, and death threat to a female victim. A few months later, around October 2019, he sent two victims, among others, violent and threatening messages using over 50 social media accounts.
In these messages, Kaufman self-identified as an Incel, expressed his hatred of women, and threatened to commit acts of violence.
In addition to the prison sentence, Kaufman was sentenced to three years of supervised release, with the first six months as home detention. The conditions of his release include orders of protection prohibiting him from, among other things, contacting certain victims and their family members.
