New Delhi:
Rupali Ganguly just lately issued a defamation discover to her stepdaughter, Esha Verma, demanding a compensation of Rs 50 crore for allegedly “maligning” her character and private life. In an unique interview with NDTV, the actress’ lawyer Sana Raees Khan defined that the Rs 50 crore determine isn’t arbitrary. It represents the wide-reaching affect these false allegations have had on Rupali’s private dignity, public picture and profession, which she has labored years to construct.
She mentioned, “The Rs 50 Crore quantity specified within the defamation discover represents the intense injury precipitated to Ms Rupali Ganguly’s private {and professional} repute as a result of baseless and defamatory statements made in opposition to her. This quantity displays not solely the emotional and reputational hurt but in addition the affect on her profession, which she has devoted years to constructing. Ms. Ganguly believes that such false allegations ought to have vital penalties and discourage related actions sooner or later. The demand underscores our dedication to holding people accountable for malicious actions that may hurt one’s dignity and livelihood.”
In the identical interview with NDTV, Sana Raees Khan spoke about Esha’s response to the authorized discover. “She has not responded to the discover. She has deleted her Twitter account and eliminated all her defamatory posts. The deletion of defamatory posts following our discover reinforces the precept that false statements carry penalties and highlights the significance of safeguarding a person’s repute from baseless assaults. Her stepdaughter has taken down the defamatory posts following our authorized discover which we see as a significant step towards justice. This consequence displays our victory for fact and accountability, reaffirming that reckless and dangerous statements don’t have any place within the public sphere. This positively units a robust precedent on the significance of accountable communication, particularly when it considerations the repute and dignity of others.”
Sana Raees Khan revealed that the discover mentions that Rupali Ganguly endured psychological trauma as a result of these statements, requiring medical therapy, and confronted humiliation on set, which additionally led to the lack of skilled alternatives. The discover explains that whereas the actress initially selected to stay silent out of dignity, she was pressured to take authorized motion after she and her husband Ashwin Verma’s 11-year-old son was dragged into the matter.
ICYDK, it began after Esha Verma made severe allegations in opposition to her father Ashwin Verma and Rupali Ganguly. In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, the 26-year-old accused Rupali of bodily assaulting her mom in Mumbai, stating, “Rupali bodily hit my mom in particular person in Mumbai.” Esha additionally accused Ashwin of being “a really abusive man bodily and emotionally.” She went on to say, “I used to be devastated, crying in highschool due to the ladies who intentionally got here into our lives, who broke my mother or father’s marriage, who bodily hit my mom in particular person in Mumbai in my grandparent’s home. To see her win, that is probably the most devastating factor which I’ve gone by way of. I am not pinpointing simply Rupali right here; I’ve additionally gathered the power to say that it’s my father’s fault. He was additionally a really abusive man bodily and emotionally so it is a two-party road.”
Esha additional claimed that when the information of her allegations first went viral, she was terrified and pressured by her father to delete her submit. She additionally recounted an unsettling expertise when Rupali travelled to their dwelling in New Jersey and allegedly slept within the mattress shared by Esha’s dad and mom. “It was Rupali who advised my father to offer my mom the divorce papers,” Esha revealed. She expressed her disbelief over Ashwin’s current feedback on social media, the place he denied Rupali’s involvement. Esha countered, saying, “I do not know what Rupali and Ashwin will say additional about these allegations and feedback. I do know my father has mentioned one thing on Twitter now X. He mentioned that Rupali was not concerned, and that’s the greatest lie as a result of Rupali was the one who got here to my home in New Jersey and slept on my mom’s bed-the mattress that my father and mom shared. She has carried out a lot, bodily, mentally, verbally, and emotionally, abusing me and my mother. I really feel like that was loads of trauma I needed to cope with and endure with and my mother did too. We suffered loads, and we do not have that publicity as she does.”
Esha, now 26, is the daughter of Ashwin and Sapna Verma and at present resides in america. Ashwin and Sapna married in 1997 and separated in 2008. Ashwin married Rupali in 2013, and are dad and mom to a son named Rudransh.
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