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16.09.2024 / 22:47
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Ricky Gervais: man accused of Nazi salute outside Jewish museum claims he was copying comedian
Ricky Gervais skit was shown in a court hearing of a man who claimed he was copying the comedian when he allegedly did a Nazi salute outside a Jewish museum in Sydney.Daniel Muston, Ryan Peter Marshall and Anthony Raymond Mitchell were charged with behaving in an offensive manner in public and over their actions knowingly displaying Nazi symbols without an excuse near the Sydney Jewish Museum on October 13, 2023.The three men told the police that they were joking, with Mitchell saying he was copying a Gervais routine.In a clip played to the court, Gervais performs a mock Nazi salute while pushing his hair down to mimic Hitler, saying: “I do that quick so no one can take a picture of me doing that. Not a traditional subject for comedy the old Holocaust.”However, magistrate Jennifer Atkinson questioned the timing of the acts, which occurred less than a week after an attack by Hamas killed hundreds of people in Israel on October 7.
