Bacolod Mayor Albee Benitez publicly apologizes to YouTuber turned model-actress Ivana Alawi over speculations they were having an affair.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/bacolod-mayor-albee-benitez-apologizes-ivana-alawi-amid-noise-tokyo-encounter-february-12-2024/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/bacolod-mayor-albee-benitez-apologizes-ivana-alawi-amid-noise-tokyo-encounter-february-12-2024/
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00:00 Bacolod Mayor Albie Benitez publicly apologizes to YouTuber-turned-model actress Ivana Alaoui
00:07 over speculations they were having an affair.
00:10 This after talk ignited following a viral video and photos that showed the two standing
00:14 close together at a Japanese airport.
00:16 In a statement, Benitez says the speculations are untrue and calls the incident with Alaoui
00:21 a "chance encounter."
00:23 He also apologizes to Alaoui and her family for being unfairly dragged into issues concerning
00:28 Benitez's private life.
00:29 Benitez adds he was in Tokyo for a business trip.
00:32 Alaoui also releases a statement denying any romantic links with Benitez.
00:37 In a Facebook post, she categorically denies Benitez was her boyfriend.
00:41 Alaoui adds she is seeing someone who makes her happy and clarifies her boyfriend is a
00:46 respectable businessman and not a politician.
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