Nora Fatehi filed a defamation suit against Jacqueline Fernandez and some media organizations in connection with ₹200 crore extortion in which ‘conman’ Sukesh Chandrashekhar is the main accused.
According 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 reasons.
In the complaint accessed by IANS, she also claimed that Fernandez has also maliciously attempted to absolve herself from her reaction in other criminal proceedings which are absolutely unrelated to her
It has started to become evident that the aforementioned rivals being unable to compete with the Complainant fairly in the industry have started to try and tarnish her reputation which would cause her loss of work,” Fatehi said in the suit
She also accused a few media firms for quoting Fernandez which lowered her reputation in the same plea.
In August this year, Bollywood Actress Jacqueline Fernandez in a plea before the Appellate Authority of PMLA stated that it is surprising that like her some other celebrities, notably, Norah Fatehi, was also conned by main accused Sukesh Chandrashekhar in the Rs 200 crore extortion case. But while Nora Fatehi and other celebrities who received gifts from Sukesh Chandrashekhar are made witnesses, she is sought to be dragged as an accused, Ms. Fernandes had alleged.
In its supplementary chargesheet filed in the extortion case against conman Sukesh, the Enforcement Directorate had mentioned Jacqueline Fernandez’s name as an accused. ED’s earlier chargesheet did not mention her name as an accused but provided details of the statement recorded by Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi in the matter.
