The judge did not accept his claim and sentenced him to five years' imprisonment and a fine of I£250,000. Further charges were to be investigated by the police after consideration of Yadlin's appeal. Towards the upcoming elections, Shimon Peres and his supporters had jumped on the Yadlin scandal as proof of Rabin's poor judgment in making appointments. For the left, it showed that the Labor Party had lost track of its ideological socialist roots. For the Israeli right, it was evidence of the Labor Party's corruptibility. It is widely regarded as one of the main causes of the Labor party's downfall in the elections. Yadlin was released from prison in 1981 and subsequently emigrated to the United States. Talia Livni, Yadlin's common law wife, was a lawyer who assisted him in legal matters. She married him while he was in jail, but divorced him after he emigrated. Dalia, Yadlin's ex-wife, supported him and tried to present him as a pawn in the party's hands and as a victim of its "method". Ofer, whose name was associated with the Yadlin affair as well as another one, committed suicide on January 3, 1977. Barak was seen as a relentless fighter against corruption. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel. Some argue that his role in the Yadlin affair helped him carry out his famous judicial activist positions. The "Yadlin House", a building in north Tel Aviv, whose construction was linked to the bribe money, remained unfinished. In 2005 it was sold and has since been demolished.