Reputation being tarnished: Nora Fatehi files defamation suit against Jacqueline Fernandez

Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi has filed a defamation case in a court here against actor Jacqueline Fernandez alleging that the latter made defamatory allegations against her for malicious reasons and to destroy her careerAccording to Fatehi Fernandez sought to criminally defame her 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 reasonsContending that her image is being tarnished Fatehi stressing that artistes career is solely based on their reputation alleged that defamatory remarks were made against her by Fernandez to ensure her financial social and personal downfallIn the complaint accessed by IANS she also claimed that Fernandez has also maliciously attempted to absolve herself from her actions in another criminal proceedings which are absolutely unrelated to herJacqueline Fernandez is also an actress and is pretty well known in the film industry She has also been made an accused in the Sukesh Chandrashekhar Rs 200 crore moneylaundering case by the Enforcement Directorate That the defamatory imputations were made by Fernandez due to malicious reasons Apart from that Fernandez sought to criminally defame the complainant in order to destroy her career to further her own interests since she is also in Bollywood read the complaint moved by Fatehi through her counsel advocate Vikram ChauhanFatehi has further alleged that Fernandez made a false statement against her despite being an actress tooFernandez has unnecessarily dragged and defamed me as I am in the same industry She is fully aware that the business of any artiste and their career is solely based on their reputation This clearly establishes that the said imputation has been made with the intention and knowledge that such imputation will harm the reputation of the complainant her plea readShe also accused a few media firms for quoting Fernandez which lowered her reputation in the same pleaThe court has fixed December 19 as the next date of hearingOn December 2 the Enforcement Directorate ED had questioned Fatehi regarding conman Sukesh Chandrashekhars Rs 200 crore money laundering caseBoth Fernandez and Fatehi had recorded their statement as witness in the caseEarlier fixed deposits worth Rs 72 crore belonging to Fernandez were attached by the ED which termed these gifts and properties as proceeds of crime received by the actressesAlso ReadActor Nora Fatehi files defamation lawsuit against Jacqueline FernandezIn February the ED filed its first supplementary prosecution complaint against Chandrashekhars aide Pinky Irani who introduced him to Bollywood actressesIt had been alleged in the charge sheet that Irani used to choose costly gifts for Fernandez and later used to drop it at her house after the payments were made by ChandrashekharIn December last year the ED filed the first charge sheet in this matter before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Praveen SinghChandrashekhar has spent around Rs 20 crore on different models and Bollywood celebs A few had however refused to take gifts from himThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever