Nora Fatehi sues Jacqueline Fernandez over ‘defamatory statements to destroy her career’
Fatehi’s plea said Fernandez “made defamatory imputations” due to “malicious reasons” with an intent to “destroy her career and to further her own interests”.
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Nora Fatehi, and Jacqueline Fernandes. (File Photos) Actor Nora Fatehi has filed a defamation case against actor Jacqueline Fernandez before a Delhi court claiming that the latter made defamatory statements to destroy her career. They were questioned in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case filed against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Fatehi’s plea said Fernandez “made defamatory imputations” due to “malicious reasons” with an intent to “destroy her career and to further her own interests”. The plea also sought to make several media houses respondents in this case, claiming that they criminally sought to reproduce the defamatory statements made by the accused.
It stated that Fernandez had made a written statement to the appellate tribunal, PMLA, that she was “falsely implicated by ED while celebs such as Nora Fatehi who had received gifts from Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar had been made witnesses”. “Jacqueline Fernandes sought to criminally defame the complainant 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,” her plea read.
It stated that Fernandez’s statements were made to solely malign her image when it is a well-known fact that Fatehi had nothing to do with the matter. “It is pertinent to mention herein that both complainant (Nora Fatehi) and accused (Jacqueline Fernandez) are actresses of foreign origin and both have had their share of struggles in rising to fame in the Indian film industry, hence, it is evident that the act of the accused in dragging the name of complainant wherein she has no business mentioning the complainant is mala fide in nature,” the plea stated.
Fatehi’s plea claimed she lost out on a Dubai-based concert and 10 city tours in US and Canada and various ad deals which caused her mental agony. Her plea also stated she had to renegotiate a settlement with a brand at 50% of her original fees.
The plea was filed before a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court at Patiala House. Fatehi’s lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan said the case will be heard on Monday next week and was at the stage of pre-summoning.
On media houses who were arraigned as respondents, the plea claimed their behaviour displays a sort of recklessness which is characteristic of most media trials and their collective hounding is akin to mob lynching which happened at the behest of Fernandez.
Fatehi also denied receiving gifts from Sukesh and said the only time she spoke to him was when his wife Leena made her speak to him over a speaker phone at an event.
Her plea did acknowledge she was gifted an Iphone and Gucci bag by Leena. On allegations she received a luxury car, her plea stated that it was payment for directing a movie, given to her brother-in-law who was approached by Sukesh.
A Delhi court was due to hear arguments on charge against Fernandez but deferred it to December 20.
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