The Israeli-American billionaire producer Arnon Milchan was interrogated by Israeli police last week on suspicion that he bribed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Haaretz reports.
Milchan, who gave a deposition in London, already provided testimony in the case in December 2016, answering questions regarding lavish gifts — notably hundreds of thousands of shekels’ worth of cigars and champagne — that police suspect he gave Netanyahu and his wife, Sara.
Arnon Milchan, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu on March 28, 2005. (Flash90)
The report says police decided to interrogate him as a suspect amid suspicions that he tried to enlist Netanyahu’s assistance with his business interests in Israel and abroad.
It says he was questioned on several occasions and that his account shored up the suspicions.
According to reports earlier this year, in 2014 Netanyahu asked then-secretary of state John Kerry three times to arrange a long-term visa for Milchan to live in the United States.
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