A lawyer for Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan has demanded that MK David Amsalem walk back comments in which he accused the Israeli mogul of going to the police against Netanyahu, or face a lawsuit for slander.
Arnon Milchan (Flash90)
On Sunday, Amsalem, a close confidant of Netanyahu from the Likud party, accused Milchan of having gone to the police to rat the prime minister out on expensive gifts he received, in a bid to push him from power.
“Ask yourself why Milchan is even telling these stories,” Amsalem told Army Radio. “Milchan came to the police. Something is going on here.”
Knesset Member David Amsalem in the Knesset, on June 28, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
The letter from Milchan’s lawyer, reported widely in Hebrew media, gives Amsalem 48 hours to make a public pronouncement disavowing the accusations against Milchan, or face legal action.
“These statements and others — are wild slander, unbridled and unfounded. These are false statements that amount to slander,” the letter reads.
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