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Singer Gil Ofarim
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Singer Gil Ofarim will still not comment on the allegations against him.
This was announced by his lawyer Markus Hennig in a letter that was available to SPIEGEL.
The public prosecutor's office in Leipzig has accused the 40-year-old of defamation and false suspicion.
Meanwhile, Gil Ofarim's new lawyer fears a "show trial" against the musician.
"It cannot be denied that the Leipzig judiciary could seek a show trial here, which cannot be ruled out for political reasons," Alexander Stevens told the dpa news agency in Munich.
According to his own statements, he has taken over the defense of Ofarim with his law firm.
As an indication of this, Stevens cites the fact that the public prosecutor's office charged the musician with the district court and not with the district court and justified this with the prominence of the accused.
Finally, the assault trial against the no less well-known former national soccer player Jérôme Boateng also took place in the first instance at the Munich district court.
Viral video with anti-Semitism allegations
Ofarim made allegations of anti-Semitism against a Leipzig hotel in a viral video last October.
According to the public prosecutor's office, the incident did not happen that way.
According to a spokeswoman, the Leipzig regional court has not yet decided on the admission of the charges against Ofarim.
This is expected in the coming days.
Stevens speaks of "massive media prejudice" against his client and questions the independence of the Leipzig judiciary.
“Despite the presumption of innocence, which is protected by fundamental rights, the father of the country, Prime Minister Kretschmer, but also ex-Justice Minister Heiko Maas, for example, commented on the matter in advance and thus gave their subordinate judiciary guidelines for a conviction, so to speak.”
Even before the indictment was admitted, Stevens and his team said they filed a motion to have the judge responsible for deciding whether to admit the indictment dismissed for bias.
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