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Police summon women kissed by Labor MK

Two women allegedly kissed by MK Marciano at Herzliya nightclub asked to testify. 'I still don’t plan to file a complaint against him,' one of them tells Ynet

The police have summoned two women who were allegedly kissed by Knesset Member Yoram Marciano (Labor) at a Herzliya nightclub before his famous brawl with bouncers at the club, Channel 2 reported Sunday evening.

 

One of the women, A., confirmed that she had already given her testimony to the police, while the other woman said she would testify on Monday.

 

MK Marciano refused to comment on the report.

 

A. told Ynet, "I testified for about two and a half hours. I was questioned about what exactly happened there, about what he did to me. However, I still don’t plan to file a complaint against him."

 

The investigators prohibited the two women from talking to each other and discussing the details of the investigation.

 

During A.'s testimony, the police investigators presented her with CCTV footage showing Marciano kissing her and asked her if she thought it was an immoral incident. She reiterated that she did not view the incident as immoral.

 

Last week Major-General Yohanan Danino, head of the Police Investigation Unit, ordered an investigation into the nightclub brawl following complaints filed by both parties.

 

Marciano, who serves as the Labor faction chairman, recently asked the Knesset Ethics Committee to punish him following the violent incident he was involved in. In a letter sent to the committee by his lawyer, Attorney Eldad Yaniv, Marciano apologized to the guards and the public for his actions, saying he was "ashamed of his behavior."

 

The police said Marciano scuffled with guards at the Rio nightclub in Herzliya as he was exiting the premises in the early morning hours.

 

One of the guards filed a complaint with the police against the Knesset member, who then issued his own complaint.

 

Raanan Ben-Zur and Amnon Meranda contributed to the report

 


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