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Reports: Key witness in PM’s criminal trial files complaint against Sara Netanyahu for ‘defamation and threats’
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Hadas Klein, a key witness in Case 1000, one of the criminal cases against the prime minister, has filed a complaint with the attorney general against the premier’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, according to Hebrew media outlets.
The reports come days after the Channel 12 investigative program “Uvda” alleged that Sara Netanyahu sought to intimidate Klein by having Likud activists publish attacks against her and demonstrate outside her house ahead of, or during, her testimony in court.
The Ynet news site reports that Klein’s complaint says text messages between Sara Netanyahu and the prime minister’s late aide, Hanni Bleiweiss, revealed in the “Uvda” report, point to a campaign of defamation and threats against her.
Klein is a former secretary to Netanyahu benefactor Arnon Milchan, and a key witness in the case alleging that the premier illicitly received hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cigars, champagne, and jewelry — much of it allegedly at his wife’s request.
Harassing a witness and seeking to subvert the testimony of a witness are criminal offenses punishable by three years and seven years in prison, respectively.
The Times of Israel Community.