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#MeToo: Rakhi Sawant lands in legal soup as Tanushree Dutta slaps a 10 crore defamation suit against her

Rakhi Sawant in a conference called Tanushree Dutta a 'liar' and also passed a number of comments about her image

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Undoubtedly, Tanushree Dutta is the flag-bearer of the #MeToo movement as after she showed courage and accused veteran actor Nana Patekar of sexual harassment on the sets of the 2008 film Horn Ok Pleasss, several women from the Hindi film industry and other fields have come out in the open and talked about their ordeal.  

Tanushree, after she returned from the US, opened up about her ordeal on national television in an interview. She even mentioned that she was attacked after she tried to leave the sets of the film. 

The actress had filed an official complaint against the actor and the investigations are still on. 

Several Bollywood celebrities came out in support of the actress, however Rakhi Sawant, who had replaced Tanushree in the song of the film Horn Ok Pleasss, called a press conference, where she called the actress a liar. 

She even passed a number of comments about her image and went on to say that she was cooking up stories against the actor. 

Responding to her allegations, Tanushree Dutta has proceeded to file a defamation suit against Rakhi Sawant of Rs 10 Crore. 

Tanushree's lawyer Nitin Satpute spoke to Republic TV and said, “We have filed a criminal and civil defamation case against Rakhi Sawant for maligning my client's character and image. If she fails to revert, she will be punished for two years or fined or both.”

After being accused of sexual harassment, Nana Patekar decided to drop out from the film Housefull 4. He was also questioned by CINTAA on the same. 

He recently responded to CINTAA on the allegations and mentioned that Tanushree’s claims were 'motivated' and 'malicious'.

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