Sydney personality Fadi Ibrahim has been hit with an apprehended violence order by police to protect one of his closest friends and business partners in an extraordinary fallout, despite the pair appearing tight-knit as recently as June.
In 2009, Fadi was shot several times in a suspected gangland hit as he sat in a black Lamborghini outside his then-home in Castle Cove on Sydney’s lower north shore. He was in a coma for nearly three weeks.“We waited and waited at the nightclub, but he did not turn up. I figured he had decided not to come,” he said.
He described Fadi’s mental and physical health challenges and post-shooting reliance on pain medication, saying he was “patient and understanding” with his friend, who “has a big heart”. After being extradited from Dubai, Fadi was freed on $2 million bail, with a court ordering him to live under effective house arrest at his Dover Heights clifftop mansion.
“I have attended numerous legal conferences with him, assisted with providing documents and affidavits, and spoken to various legal advisers to try to understand the issues surrounding his criminal proceedings.” Despite having nothing to back up their claims, in March 2018, Fouad Deiri, a major developer, agreed to pay “site identification” fees of $7.89 million to Fadi’s dentist, Bill Zafiropoulos, and $7.92 million to his nephew-in-law, Sam Kanj.