Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has taken 29 media celebrities and outlets to Bombay High Court for allegedly defamation against her in the ongoing porn case involving her husband Raj Kundra.
The actress alleged that the content published by the outlets and individuals defamed her character and is now demanding an apology as well as Rs. 250,000,000.
According to the Bar and Bench website, she is accusing The New Indian Express, India TV, Free Press Journal, NDTV, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook among others. They added that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube should be directed to remove the defamatory content.
She insisted that media outlets published articles and carried content that maligned her public image. Kundra is accused of telling aspiring actresses they could break into Bollywood through his company, Viaan Industries, which allegedly produced pornographic content for Hotshots, an adults-only mobile app.
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The women were then pressured into shooting inappropriate scenes on the pretext of securing a foothold in the Hindi film industry. The police say Raj Kundra is a “key conspirator” in the case, and that they had sufficient evidence against him. The case was registered on February 4 after a woman told the police she had been forced to take part in a pornographic film after being promised an acting job.
