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Lawless parts ways with cofounder Gofar Hilman after sex assault allegation
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Gone: Gofar Hilman (second from left) with other co-founders of Lawless Jakarta (from left) Arian Arifin, , Sammy Bramatyo, Ucup and Roni Pramaditia. (Courtesy of Lawless Jakarta /-)
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ultiplatform lifestyle business Lawless Jakarta has kicked out cofounder and popular Internet personality Gofar Hilman after allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a karaoke party in 2018 went viral on social media on Tuesday.
“We acknowledge and are updating the issue concerning Gofar Hilman. We, from Lawless Jakarta, stand with the victim. Today we announce that Gofar Hilman is no longer a part of Lawless Jakarta,” the statement stated in Indonesian on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
Lawless cofounder and singer in metal band Seringai, Arian Arifin, more famously known as Arian 13, tweeted on the same day a statement in which he said he "stand[s] with the victim".
Gofar, who made his name as a radio station DJ, is also an internet personality and popular YouTube host.
A Twitter post by a woman using the username @quweenjojo alleged that Gofar groped her during a party at which he was a celebrity guest. The poster claimed that the incident happened in 2018 in Malang, East Java. The poster claimed that a cheering crowd of men saw the incident, and that another person took her aside to keep her safe from Gofar and his group.
Gofar has denied the allegations and threatened to escalate the case to legal authorities for defamation.
Another Twitter user using the handle @kittygalisback stated that she was bringing together a group of fellow victims and has received advocacy from the Legal Aid Institute (LBH).
Kartika Jahja, singer and longtime friend of Gofar, also spoke up on her Instagram account that she had heard many allegations against Gofar before but the victims had decided to stay silent because of Gofar’s popularity and his ties to powerful allies.
Gofar is known for talking openly about his promiscuous sex life in his public appearances and interviews, including on his own YouTube channel and tweets. He has openly said that he has had sex with hundreds of women and "reviewed" some the girls’ performance in bed. With more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube and 700,000 followers on Twitter, Gofar is one of the most recognizable influencers in Indonesia today, but his detractors have called out his hard-partying persona as being misogynistic and objectifying women.
