Tanushree Dutta raped me, says Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant

Yesterday, Rakhi Sawant held a press conference to hit back at Tanushree Dutta who has slapped 10-crore defamation case on her for maligning her image. Her advocate Nitin Satpute said a criminal and civil defamation case had been filed against Sawant for maligning Dutta's character and image.

Rakhi Sawant at a press conference/all pictures: Yogen Shah

During the press conference, Rakhi Sawant had called Tanushree Dutta a liar and said that her sexual harassment claims were a publicity gimmick.

Now, Rakhi has alleged that Tanushree had raped her multiple times. She further alleged that Tanushree is a lesbian who had inappropriately touched her 12 years ago. She added that Tanushree is tarnishing Bollywood's image by influencing failed female actors to give false #MeToo interviews. While we await Tanushree's reply, in an interview with mid-day, Rakhi said that Tanushree has levelled fake allegations against Nana Patekar.

Rakhi reportedly said, "Tanushree Dutta has gone mad. She was in a coma for 10 years. She has returned from America because she has exhausted all her money and has no work. She is doing all this for publicity."

The #MeToo movement in India sparked when Tanushree Dutta came forward to renew allegations against Nana Patekar over an incident that happened in 2008. Since then, a number of women have come forward with complaints against names like Alok Nath, Rajat Kapoor, Subhash Ghai, Vikas Bahl, Subhash Kapoor, Kailash Kher and Sajid Khan.

Catch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates