Anti-Semitism allegations against Hotel: Gil Ofarim filed two complaints

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Gil Ofarim is said to have been discriminated against in Leipzig because of his chain with the Star of David

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The singer Gil Ofarim filed two criminal charges against an employee of a Leipzig hotel during his interrogation in Munich last week.

As the Leipzig public prosecutor announced on Friday, the musician filed another complaint on charges of false suspicion.

So far it was only known that the singer had filed charges with "all possible criminal offenses" in relation to the anti-Semitism allegations.

The background is that the hotel employee reported Ofarim for defamation.

The »Tagesspiegel« had previously reported.

During the interrogation in the Bavarian capital, Saxon investigators were on site.

The investigation is conducted by the Leipzig Criminal Police in coordination with the public prosecutor's office.

When the results of the investigations will be available cannot be said at the moment, said a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office.

Ofarim had described in a video a good two weeks ago that a hotel employee had asked him to remove his chain with a Star of David.

Ofarim is the son of the Israeli musician Abi Ofarim (1937-2018) and grew up in Germany.

In addition to the reports by Ofarim and the hotel employees concerned, the Leipzig public prosecutor's office has received reports from uninvolved third parties for incitement to hatred.

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