Trouble for Sunny Leone: Know who slapped Rs 100 crore defamation case against her and why
New Delhi, April 5: Bollywood actress Sunny Leone may land in trouble as Big Boss season 5 contestant and model Pooja Mishra has slapped a case against the film star.
Pooja Mishra has filed a case in the Bombay High Court and demanded Rs 100 crore compensation for allegedly "defaming her".
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The petitioner was not present. Pooja contended in her petition that she was a popular contestant of TV show "Big Boss 5", and Sunny had entered the show much later.
She alleged that Sunny had given defamatory interviews in a section of the media, and this was done out of "malice and jealousy" towards her.
Shocking! Big Boss 5 contestant Pooja Mishra alleges she was raped for three days
Pooja also alleged that Sunny had attributed motives against her in an impugned article in a city newspaper and said her reputation had been damaged in public eye, because of which she had to break her fixed deposits and withdraw her savings, thereby suffering losses to the tune of Rs 70 lakhs.
The petitioner urged the court to issue process against Sunny Leone under IPC sections 500 (defamation) read with 120(b) (conspiracy). The matter is expected come up for hearing in June 2016 after summer vacations of the high court.
Earlier,
Pooja
Mishra
made
a
shocking
revelation
and
alleged
that
she
was
raped
in
Noida's
guest
house
by
an
unidentified
man.
She
revealed
that
the
unfortunate
incident
took
place
in
Noida's
sector
26.
Narrating
her
agony,
Pooja
in
her
complaint
had
said
that
she
was
drugged
and
then
raped
by
alleged
person
for
three
days.
OneIndia News
(With inputs from agencies)