Liora follows with bated breath the arrest of Shay Avital, the suspect of alleged sexual offenses. Among other things, it was stated in Shabbat News on Channel 12 that the person who arranged a shelter apartment for Avitel in the Netherlands is the same businessman who arranged a shelter apartment forItzik Zohar While fleeing from creditors in Israel. Liora, of course, managed to reach him on the phone.
Hello to businessman Gabriel Kikozashvili, did you really help Shai Avital hide in the Netherlands?
“I don’t know why and how you came to me. I am not afraid of anything. I don’t care what happens at all.”
You were mentioned in Avital’s story also because you had an apartment where Itzik Zohar lived at the time, and also, according to some publications, Shay Avital.
“I did not rent any apartment to Shay Avital. I only rented an apartment to Itzik Zohar and he still hasn’t paid me for that. I don’t know where the information came from. But I made a mistake renting to people like him.”
How much does Itzik owe you?
“It doesn’t matter, it’s already personal.”
Are you giving him the money? Isn’t that a big amount?
“I don’t know if it’s a big amount. To each his own means. I am currently in another country. in Hungary”.
What is your impression of Meshi Avital?
“I don’t know anyone.”
But you knew him, didn’t you?
“I knew him in peace and peace.”
What do you say about all the investigative measures and efforts?
“I don’t get into it, and it’s so uninteresting. I see that in Israel this whole segment of women who go after famous people seems to be some kind of business. They seem to be trying to get money out of people. I’m not justifying anyone, and I’m not saying he’s right or she’s right. I think both sides are wrong. This is my personal opinion.”
And did you get to talk to him about these suspicions?
“I don’t like to ask such things. Because if I get into it, then I’ll hate the man. Do you understand what I want to say? I’d rather not know.”
So you knew him as a friend? Ports? entertainment?
“I don’t hang out and I don’t go out, and I have a family. Thank God. I’m not one of those types.”
What do you do for a living in Hungary?
“I have real estate.”
Are you saying that Shay Avital did not commit all the sexual offenses attributed to him?
“I’m not saying anything, I’m not judging and I didn’t ask.”
What interaction did you have with him?
“I saw a guy who wants to repent, who wants to correct the things he did in life and chooses a new way of life. I introduced him to the synagogue, I introduced him to people from Chabad. I showed him the way, where to eat kosher, and that’s where the story ends.”
Itzik Zohar, does Gabriel have a debt?
“I don’t owe this man a shekel. The apartment is not his. He was my partner in establishing a digital venture that failed. If you bring me a document from him stating that I owe him money, I undertake to answer every question and every clause. Only a week ago, the man He wrote to me that I would give a thousand dollars to a relative and I told him I would see if it worked out. He likes to talk and I’m not willing to be dragged into that.”
Shay Avital (Photo: Or Gefen)