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        "msgid": "hotman-paris-denies-raffi-ahmad-received-iphone-17-from-blueray-just-small-talk-1781168180",
        "date": "2026-06-11 14:58:43",
        "title": "Hotman Paris Denies Raffi Ahmad Received iPhone 17 from Blueray: 'Just Small Talk'",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Celebrity lawyer Hotman Paris has firmly denied that his client, Presidential Special Envoy Raffi Ahmad, ever received a promised iPhone 17 from Blueray, dismissing the offer as mere pleasantries. The denial came amid a public uproar linking Raffi to an alleged import bribery case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, triggered by a sting operation and court testimony mentioning his name. Hotman insisted the incident was a casual photo opportunity with a shop employee and that no delivery or follow-up communication ever occurred.",
        "content": "<p>Presidential Special Envoy for Youth and Creative Workers, Raffi\nAhmad, has denied involvement in the alleged import bribery case at the\nDirectorate General of Customs and Excise. This was conveyed through his\nattorney, Hotman Paris, during a press conference at Le Nusa Jakarta\nrestaurant in South Jakarta on Thursday, 11 June 2026. \u201cSo once again,\nthe conclusion is: one, Raffi has never visited Blue Ray,\u201d Hotman told\nthe media. He explained that his client was in front of the Blueray\nstore because an employee had asked to take a photo together. \u201cIt\u2019s not\nthat he never visited; the photo was taken in front of the Blueray\nstore,\u201d Raffi Ahmad clarified. \u201cThat\u2019s not called a visit. Secondly,\nRaffi was visiting Awang Kitchen, and a Blueray employee came over\nasking for a photo and pulled him in front of the shop. Because it so\nhappens Awang Kitchen and Blueray are next to each other,\u201d he continued.\nHotman added that at the time, an offer was made to send an iPhone 17.\nHowever, he stressed that this was merely small talk and no such\ndelivery ever took place. \u201cAt that point, that\u2019s the perk of being a\ncelebrity like us\u2014being offered, \u2018Do you want me to send you a phone?\u2019 I\nmean, come on, for the two of us, what\u2019s a mobile phone? Saying that\nisn\u2019t being arrogantly rich; to you lot, an iPhone 17 isn\u2019t even\nconsidered that expensive, let alone to us,\u201d Hotman explained. \u201cBut why\nhas this become a national issue? Just imagine the sickness of this\ncountry. What is happening to this nation? Maybe a lot of people are\nmentally ill.\u00a0He was just making small talk: \u2018Do you want me to send you\na phone since the iPhone 17 isn\u2019t available in Indonesia yet?\u2019 Since\nthen, there has been no communication whatsoever. There was no question\nfrom Raffi like, \u2018Where\u2019s my phone?\u2019\u2014none,\u201d he continued. Subsequently,\na sting operation was conducted on Blueray, and during the trial, there\nwere conversations that brought up Raffi Ahmad\u2019s name. It was written\nthat there was an order from Raffi Ahmad, which sparked the uproar over\nRaffi\u2019s alleged involvement in the import bribery scandal at the\nDirectorate General of Customs and Excise.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hotman-paris-denies-raffi-ahmad-received-iphone-17-from-blueray-just-small-talk-1781168180",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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