Bollywood starlet Tania Zaetta will receive a personal apology from Australian Defence chief over botched claims that she had sex with the country’s soldiers deployed in Afghanistan. Air Chief Marshal Houston said there was no evidence of any such conduct by Zaetta during a concert tour in April, an AAP report said on Wednesday.“A quick assessment has been completed,” Houston told a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday. “There was no substance to the allegations, and I will conclude the matter with a letter to the person in question. I will obviously apologise and express my deep regret about any hurt she has suffered,” he said. Zaetta, who has worked in some Bollywood movies, was at the centre of controversy last month after Australian media reported unsubstantiated claims that she had sex with troops at a military base. The actress, who had paid a trip to the military bases along with a number of other entertainers, had angrily deniedthe claims, describing them as “complete made-up lies”. The defence department has already formally apologised to Zaetta for the leak last month. On his part, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had raised his doubts on the sex scandal from the very beginning.
