What happened on the evening of October 4th in the foyer of a Leipzig hotel? The singer Gil Ofarim, 39, says he was insulted in an anti-Semitic manner, first by another guest and then by an employee of the hotel at the reception. “Pack your star,” the receptionist said literally.
Shortly afterwards, Ofarim recorded a video describing the alleged incident. The video he uploaded it to Instagram the next day, Ofarim filed a criminal complaint with the Munich police about a week later. The hotel employee had previously reported the singer for defamation.
Now there are apparently new findings that can be derived from the recordings of surveillance cameras from the hotel. Ofarim is easy to see on the recordings. They show him outside the hotel entrance as well as how he moves with his suitcase through the lobby and standing in front of the reception desk.
the Picture on sunday writes that the responsible public prosecutor’s office now has “serious doubts” about the course of events originally described by Ofarim. Because the videos suggested that he was not even wearing the Star of David necklace in the hotel lobby at the time in question. In addition, the singer said in an interrogation that he could no longer say with certainty whether he was wearing a chain that evening.
In fact, according to SZ information, at least one of the forensic scientists who analyzed the videos for the police has come to the conclusion that the Star of David cannot be seen during the recordings in the hotel.
When asked by SZ, the public prosecutor’s office made it clear that the state of the investigation would not be commented on at the moment. The fact is that there are several videos from the hotel that are evaluated by the investigators. This evaluation is still ongoing, as is the questioning of witnesses and people who were in the hotel that evening and who may be considered as witnesses. But you will not be carried away to a hasty assessment of the facts, so the spokesman.
from Picture on sunday When asked about the videos, Ofarim is said to have said: “The sentence that came came from behind. That means someone recognized me. It’s not about the chain. It’s actually about something much bigger Star of David on TV, I was offended because of it. “
According to the information available so far, it appears to be somewhat certain: The situation that evening in the hotel was charged. The check-in system failed for a short time, and numerous guests were waiting at reception. Apparently, one of the employees let several regulars in front of him, which annoyed Ofarim. The subject of the public prosecutor’s investigation is which sentences fell in the ensuing battle of words, in which the singer, hotel staff and possibly guests were involved.