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Gaurav Taneja, aka Flying Beast, denied a house a day before moving in because owner thinks he committed child abuse

YouTuber Flying Beast, aka Gaurav Taneja, said that he was denied a house he'd paid for because the owner found a disparaging article about him online.

Gaurav Taneja, aka Flying Beast, opened up about the latest hurdle in his life.

YouTuber Gaurav Taneja, better known as Flying Beast online, revealed that he was denied a house despite having paid the advance for it, because the owner spotted an old news article about him. In 2022, an article that called into question his character was posted online, and after Gaurav filed a lawsuit, the publication in question was directed to take the article down. It made a reference to alleged child abuse, after Gaurav pierced the ears of his elder daughter on camera. The Court ruled that piercing a child’s ears doesn’t qualify as abuse. More recently, Gaurav was also involved in a controversy surrounding his wife, Ritu Rathee. It was rumoured that the two were headed for a divorce. He said that both these stories still exist online, and can paint him in a negative light.

In his latest vlog, he spoke about moving houses, and said, “Let me tell you about the tragedy that happened with us. Yesterday was supposed to be our last day in this house. But we are still in this house, and we’ll probably stay here for four or five more days. Everything has been packed, but the house that we were supposed to move into, they cancelled our deal at the last minute. Everything is packed in the house, but we don’t have a place to move.”

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He continued, “It’s a tough situation to be in. It sounds insignificant, but imagine. Now we have to look for a new house. Let me tell you what happened. The house was finalised, we’d paid the security deposit. Then, the man we were leasing the house from must have googled me. Somebody forwarded him a link and said, ‘This guy is evil, he’s been accused of child abuse’. This was the lawsuit that happened a few years ago, when the Delhi High Court told a newspaper to take down an article about me. Articles from that time still exist online, and the guy saw one of them. He refused to give us the house.”

Gaurav concluded, mentioning the controversy around his relationship with Ritu, “Social media is so powerful. Even the divorce controversy that happened, lots of meme pages and paparazzi pages posted stuff about our separation. Those videos were circulated to millions, and it doesn’t matter that I made a clarification later, because millions still believe that I’m a bad guy.”

Ritu clarified the rumours in a video, and said that nobody has the right to comment on their relationship. Reacting to the rumours, Gaurav had shared on social media, “I will remain quiet for my kids and the mother of my child. Ready to live with all the negativity and hate for my entire life. Please don’t expect any public explanation.” He added, “Men are made villains very fast. Social media is not a place to discuss family matters. I have nothing to say.”

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