Actress
Shilpa
Shetty
has
filed
defamation
suit
in
Bombay
High
Court
against
29
defendants
including
web
portals,
media
outlets
and
unknown
persons
for
'false
reporting
and
maligning
her
image'
post
the
arrest
of
her
businessman-husband
Raj
Kundra,
in
a
case
related
to
adult
film
business
racket.
As
per
a
report
in
ANI,
Shetty
has
urged
the
court
to
issue
a
"permanent
and
mandatory
injunction
restraining
her
defandants,
(themselves
and
through
their
servants,
agents,
assigns
and/or
any
person
claiming
by
or
through
them)
from
making
and/or
publishing
and/or
reproducing
and/or
circulating
and/or
communicating,
any
derogatory
and
defamatory
statements."
Further,
the
Hungama
2
actress
has
urged
the
court
to
seek
a
mandatory
order,
which
directs
the
defendants
to
delete
all
the
defamatory
content
and
issue
unconditional
apology.
She
also
demanded
a
compensation
of
Rs
25
crore.
Shilpa
has
also
sought
passing
appropriate
directions
requiring
social
media
platforms
like
Facebook
and
YouTube
to
take
down
the
defamatory
articles
and
videos.
According
to
a
report
in
ETimes,
Shilpa
in
her
plea
stated
that
she
has
lost
multiple
lucrative
business
opportunities
and
many
companies
have
terminated
their
contracts/deals
with
her
as
they
don't
want
to
be
associated
with
her
any
longer.
She
stated
that
this
has
not
only
let
to
monetary
loss
but
she
has
also
suffered
humiliation
and
has
been
severely
impacted
emotionally.
The
hearing
for
Shilpa's
case
has
been
scheduled
for
tomorrow
(July
31,
2021).
Shilpa
Shetty's
husband
Raj
Kundra
was
arrested
by
the
Mumbai
Crime
Branch
on
July
19
in
connection
with
a
pornography-related
case.
He
was
named
as
the
'key
conspirator' and
booked
under
Section
420
(cheating),
Section
34
(common
intention),
292
and
293
and
other
sections
of
the
IT
Act
and
the
Indecent
Representation
of
Women
(Prohibition)
Act.
Kundra
is
currently
under
judicial
custody.