It is not yet clear whether there will be a trial against Gil Ofarim. But now the singer’s lawyers are already going on the offensive. They accuse the possible judge in the proceedings of bias and fear a “show trial”.
It is not yet clear whether there will be a trial against the musician Gil Ofarim at all. But his legal counsel is already taking action against the Leipzig Regional Court.
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,” said Alexander Stevens of the German Press Agency in Munich, who claims to have taken over the defense of Ofarim with his law firm .
Gil Ofarim case: Musician’s new lawyer questions judge’s independence
As an indication of this, Stevens states that the prosecutor charged Ofarim with the district court and not with the district court and justified this with the prominence of the accused. After all, 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.
The public prosecutor’s office in Leipzig has accused the 40-year-old of defamation and false suspicion. The musician had 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.
Lawyer Stevens questions the independence of the judiciary
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.
Source: Stern
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