Podcast transcript: Michael Ibrahim, Alex Macris bond over Bentley chat

This is an edited transcript of a phone call between Michael Ibrahim and Alex Macris. WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.

This is an edited transcript of a phone call between Michael Ibrahim and Alex Macris.

This call was tendered to court.

Warning: Graphic language.

Michael Ibrahim: (Foreign language)

Alex Macris: Yeah. Hey, how are you?

MI: What are you doing?

AM: No, just f**king running late for everything. How are you going? You good?

MI: What are you doing? Corporate takeovers, f**king structures and this and that.

AM: Oh, I – I’m in the middle of something like that, yeah.

MI: (Laughs). I was only joking, you (foreign language). (Laughs).

AM: (Laughs). Oh no, but I am.

MI: I wanted to ask you, yeah, I want your honest opinion. All right?

AM: Yeah.

MI: What’s – you know the Bentley four wheel drive, was yours the black edition or just the normal one?

AM: Yeah. No, mine’s — this — which one did you see now ‘cause I’ve got another one?

MI: Oh, have you got another one?

AM: Yeah, I’ve got one that’s off its head.

MI: Yeah, that’s the black edition, eh?

AM: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, but, like, I’ve got even more. I spent another hundred grand on the motor.

MI: Are you serious?

AM: Hey, I messaged you the other day. Do you have a different phone number?

MI: No, this is my number. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah but I ---

AM: I messaged you. Are – are you in the east? I – I need to cross paths with you. Are you around?

MI: Yeah, I’m – I’m in, ah, I’ll wait. I wanna be at – I gotta meet someone at four o’clock. Can I meet you after – after I’m – have this meeting?

AM: Yeah. Do that and then, um, I’ll be east, like, ah, check your messages, (foreign language), like, you know what I mean?

MI: All right. Sorry, man.

AM: No, I thought — I thought maybe you were … (indistinct) … together so you didn’t wanna speak to me but, like, I - I need to cross paths with you. It’s very important for you.

MI: Yeah. All right. No problem.

AM: All right.

MI: Hundred per cent, I’ll catch up with you today.

AM: All right. See you. Do – do your meeting and then I’ll bring the – the Bentley so you can have a look at it.

MI: Yeah. Please … (indistinct) … take it for a little drive with you — with you now but you have to come with me but let me just drive it - - -

AM: Huh?

MI: --- and see if it’s nice.

AM: Yeah, brother, whatever you want.

MI: Yeah. Mad. ‘Cause you know what? I – I – and what about – all right. Let me …(indistinct) … cause you’ve got both of them. I heard you got both of them. So what do you reckon’s a nicer car? The Race or the Bentley?

AM: Two different cars there.

MI: You reckon?

AM: It’s two. One’s ---

MI: One’s classy.

AM: Listen, one — what do you want but? Do you want — I don’t understand. Like, one’s a four-wheel drive, like, my four wheel drive is the quickest one in Australia. Like, it’s off its head.

MI: Yeah. Yeah ---

AM: But the Race two is like a nice cruising car. You know what I mean?

MI: Yeah, yeah. I dunno man. I – I – I – I’m – I’m tossing because my mate, he’s got both cars. All right? One of my mates, all right?

AM: Yeah.

MI: And he goes to me, listen, which one do you wanna drive? Just tell me. I’ll give it to you. You can drive it around.

AM: Yeah --

MI: ‘Cause this guy – I do a lot of work for him where – where he gives people – he sells people’s cars but he gives them to them and lets them pay it off. When they don’t pay it off and they be f**kwits, I go and collect them for him. You know what I mean? So I do a lot of ---

AM: Yeah.

M I: --- work for him.

AM: Do you know – do you know – do you know that mate – he’s nowhere?

MI: Uh?

AM: You know that mate, right?

MI: Yeah?

AM: He’s so far from nowhere that Sat Nav can’t find that c**t.

MI: Who’s that?

AM: I know who you’re talking about, the mate.

MI: Which one’s that?

AM: Anyway, who – who – in your meeting, met up with …(indistinct) … last, brother, ‘cause you’re gunna laugh your head off.

MI: Alright not a problem.

AM: All right. Bye ---

MI: I – I – I – I’ll be finished in half an hour. Before food I’ll give you a call.

AM: All right. Are you – are you round the east?

MI: Yeah. I’m gunna be in the east. I – I’m – look, I’ll – I’m gunno go have a look at a boat on f**king Point, ah, you know – what’s that marina called? Point Piper Marina ---

AM: I dunno but I – I must be doing something wrong. If you don’t like boats and races and f**kin’, I’m – I’m in the wrong business.

MI: Oh, please. You’re in the right business. Don’t worry about that (foreign language). (Laughs) - - -

AM: … (indistinct) … All right. Do – do – do your boat and that and then we’ll, ah, we’ll meet up.

MI: All right, bro. Not a problem.

AM: Bye now. Bye. Bye.

MI: All right. Bye.

Originally published as Podcast transcript: Michael Ibrahim, Alex Macris bond over Bentley chat