The employee of a hotel in Leipzig is said to have insulted the singer Gil Ofarim anti-Semitically.
A hotel report sees no evidence of this - but the investigations are ongoing elsewhere.
Leipzig - After the anti-Semitism allegations of the singer Gil Ofarim, the affected Leipzig hotel has completed its own investigations and does not want to take any action against the accused employee.
Specialized lawyers had reconstructed what was happening in the hotel lobby and came to the conclusion, "taking into account all available evidence", that there were no "objectifiable" clues that would justify criminal or labor law action against the employee.
This was announced by the operator of "The Westin Leipzig", the hotel company Gerberstrasse Betriebs GmbH, on Wednesday.
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Accusation of anti-Semitism: criticism of the Central Council of Jews
After the anti-Semitism allegations against the Leipzig “Westin Hotel”, the Central Council of Jews criticized the company's reaction.
"After the anti-Semitic hostility against a Jew in Germany, the hotel can think of nothing else than to print the Israeli flag and symbols of Islam on a banner," said the President of the Central Council, Josef Schuster, on Wednesday of the German Press Agency.
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On 118 pages, the law firm summarized the investigations for which it questioned guests, the accused employee, other employees and witnesses.
In addition, the public prosecutor's office had given access to files relating to the interrogation of witnesses who only wanted to speak to the investigating authorities.
A specialized expert prepared an expert opinion on video recordings and examined them for possible manipulation.
"We have therefore decided that appropriate measures will not be taken against the employee," said a statement.
Since the employee is still exposed to massive hostility, he will initially not yet fully perform his duties again “from a welfare point of view”.
The hotel does not want to comment on the allegations.
The labor law instruction was issued to all employees not to make any further statements to the media.
The singer Gil Ofarim described in a video at the beginning of October that an employee of "The Westin Leipzig" had asked him to remove his necklace with a Star of David.
Ofarim made a complaint.
He is the son of the Israeli musician Abi Ofarim (1937-2018).
The Leipzig public prosecutor's office has received several reports of the incident - also from the hotel employee accused of defamation.
"Our investigations are unaffected by the result of the hotel investigations and continue," said a spokesman on Wednesday.
In the past few days, the public prosecutor's office had already announced that they were evaluating several videos from surveillance cameras in the hotel.
The evaluation has not yet been completed, so no information can be given about the content, it said.
The background to this are media reports that surveillance videos may raise questions about the events described by Ofarim.
Accordingly, the chain with the Star of David should not have been clearly visible on the hotel's surveillance cameras.
The media had also referred to investigators.
Ofarim himself had repeatedly emphasized that he had worn the Star of David in the hotel.
“I wore my necklace - as always.
I also wear them on social networks or when performing, so I was attacked, ”he told the German press agency.
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