Police Examine Nikita Mirzani As Suspect Of Extortion Of Reza Gladys Today

Nikita Mirzani is a suspect in the extortion case (Instagram @nikitamirzanimawardi_172)

JAKARTA - The police questioned Nikita Mirzani and his assistant, IM, regarding the handling of cases of alleged threats and extortion, today. In that case, they have the status of suspects.

"The investigation of the two suspects, the first is NM's sister, the second is IM's brother," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi to reporters, Tuesday, March 4.

However, the investigators from Nikita Mirzani and his assistant have not been able to reveal anything. This is because the investigation process is still ongoing.

So far, Ade has only said that the examination of the two suspects took place at the Cyber Directorate and started at around 10.00 WIB.

"So at this time the investigation process is still ongoing by our colleagues from the investigators of the Cyber Directorate," said Ade.

In this case, Nikita Mirzani and his assistant are suspected of extorting Reza Gladys. The extortion value reached Rp. 4 billion.

Regarding the series of incidents of alleged extortion or threats, when referring to the report made by Reza Gladys, it started with a problem between the reporter and Nikita Mirzani.

The artist, known as Nikmir, is said to have slandered Reza Gladys's skincare products and badminton products.

"Sister NM vilified the victim's good name and products through NM's sister TikTok live," he said.

Then, Reza Gladys contacted the assistant from Nikta Mirzani to two Whatsapp numbers on November 14, 2024. The goal is to stay in touch.

However, the response received was negative. Because, it is said that there is a statement that contains threats. The reported party will convey something to social media if they don't get money from Reza Gladys.

"So the response from the reported party is the threat of speaking up to social media if the gathering does not make money and the reported party asks for a sum of IDR 5 billion as a mouth-to-mouth money," said Ade.

Fearing the threat, Reza Gladys was investigated for fulfilling the request. He gave up on a total of IDR 4 billion. The handover of money is done in stages.

"Because the victim felt threatened and afraid, on November 14, 2024, the victim transferred funds of Rp. 2 billion to an account in certain names under the direction of the reported party," said Ade.

"At the direction of the reported victim, the victim gave cash amounting to Rp. 2 billion. For this incident, the victim felt that he had been blackmailed and suffered a loss of Rp. 4 billion," he continued.