Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant on Wednesday filed a 25 paise defamation suit against Tanushree Dutta for allegedly hurting her reputation by making \u201cunwholesome\u201d and \u201cdeeply derogatory\u201d statements. She claimed that Tanushree spoke in derogatory fashion about her during an interview with a television channel where she accused actor Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her on a movie set in 2008.<\/p>\n
In her suit, filed at a civil court in suburban Malad, Sawant said she has been part of the film industry for two decades and made a \u201cpromising career and name for herself\u201d. \u201cThe defendant had an uncharacteristic, unstable and disappointing career in the film industry, spanning for only five years. After which she was out of limelight.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon her return to limelight, Tanushree made certain unwholesome and deeply derogative statements against Sawant due to which, she has incurred huge financial losses and has suffered a dent on her reputation, which had taken years to build,\u201d the suit said.<\/p>\n
Sawant also took objection to a press release issued by Tanushree, where words such as \u201cuncouth\u201d, \u201cuneducated\u201d \u201ccharacterless\u201d and \u201cclassless\u201d were allegedly used for her.<\/p>\n
She urged the court to order Tanushree to pay her 25 paise as damages for \u201cmaligning her reputation\u201d and to tender an unconditional apology in \u201cprint, television and social media\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tanushree hit headlines last month when she levelled allegations of harassment against Patekar and others. She followed it up by registering a police complaint against him. Tanushree\u2019s allegations came amid a raging #MeToo movement in the country. Patekar denied the allegations and sent a legal notice to Tanushree, seeking apology. The court has not yet set any date for hearing on the suit, Sawant\u2019s lawyers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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