Nora Fatehi, today in a Delhi court has made some pretty strong statements against actor Jacqueline Fernandez and how she has been subjected to “prolonged, unnecessary investigation, harassment and cyber-bullying.”
This is related to the defamation suit that Fatehi had filed against Fernandez in December of 2022 claiming that the latter was making “defamatory imputations against her due to malicious reasons”.
She further wrote in her plea that “Jacqueline Fernandes sought to criminally defame the complainant in order to destroy her career to further her own interests, since they are both working in the same industry and have similar backgrounds, amongst other reasons.”
What Is The Actual Matter?
It all started last year in 2022 when Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi were brought in by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning regarding the Rs 200 Cr money laundering case against prime accused Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Chandrasekhar was accused of running an extortion racket while inside the Tihar Jail and allegedly extorting around ₹ 215 crores from former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh and his wife Aditi Singh.
While both the actresses were called multiple times for questioning, in August 2022 the ED declared Jacqueline an accused in its second supplementary charge sheet while Nora remained as a witness. The ED claimed that “she (Jacqueline) consciously chose to overlook conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s criminal past” because of ‘money’.
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However, in a written plea before the Appellate Authority of Prevention of Money Laundering Act or PMLA court Jacqueline stated that “she was being falsely implicated by the ED while celebs such as Nora Fatehi who had also received gifts from conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar had been made witnesses.”
Nora Fatehi’s Defamation Case
Soon after, Nora Fatehi filed a defamation case against Jacqueline claiming that she made “defamatory imputations against her due to malicious reasons.”
The Bollywood actor also denied any association with the accused only knowing him through his wife, Lena Maria Paul and also that received any gifts from him.
Cut to the present day now, Fatehi represented by advocate Vikram Chauhan in the court while recording her statement made some strong claims. She said, “They called me a gold digger and accused me of having a relationship with a con artist Sukesh Chandrasekhar.”
Fatehi further added that “I feel that I have been used as a scapegoat in this case in the media to safeguard certain people and because I am an outsider and I have been taken as a soft target and I want compensation for all the damages caused to my career.
Jacqueline has asked the media why ED has taken me as a witness in the case and her as an accused. This statement has led to prolonged unnecessary harassment, loss of work and cyber bullying.”
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