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Berlin (dpa) - In the trial against the Berlin clan chief Arafat A.-Ch.
A former clerk of the musician was questioned as a witness about alleged crimes to the detriment of rapper Bushido.
The 32-year-old declared on Wednesday in front of the Berlin district court that the two business partners at the time also had a friendly relationship in her opinion.
She does not know any more about incidents that, according to the indictment, took place in an office in early January 2018 and directed against Bushido.
"Around the appointment everything was normal, nobody behaved differently," said the witness.
She is currently with Arafat A.-Ch.
employed.
The 42-year-old rapper, bourgeois Anis Ferchichi, was not in the hall for the first time on the 31st day of the trial.
His testimony dragged on for almost eight months to the 30th day.
Bushido, witness and co-plaintiff in the trial, was always accompanied into the courtroom by bodyguards.
Bushido is fine, said his lawyer on the sidelines.
"He's going on vacation today."
According to the indictment, crimes to his disadvantage are said to have come after the rapper broke off relations with his long-term business partner in September 2017.
Arafat A.-Ch.
I did not want to accept this and unjustifiably asked Bushido to pay millions and participate in his music business for 15 years.
Bushido was threatened, insulted, locked in an office in January 2018 and attacked with a water bottle and chair.
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The public prosecutor accuses the 45-year-old main defendant Arafat A.-Ch.
Insult, deprivation of liberty, attempted severe predatory extortion, coercion and dangerous bodily harm.
Three of his brothers are also accused.
The four men have so far remained silent about the allegations.
The witness further stated that it was "normal" for the office door to be locked.
"Because a lot of people just came by."
You saw Bushido for the last time in early 2018.
He had given her a written notice of termination.
The questioning of the witness is to be continued on April 26th.
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