Mumbai: Nora Fatehi has filed a defamation suit against fellow-actress Jacqueline Fernandez alleging that the latter made ‘defamatory imputations against her due to malicious reasons’.
Nora’s name cropped up during an investigation against conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in a Rs 200-crore money-laundering case. Jacqueline has been named as an accused in a supplementary chargesheet filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED).
“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,” Nora’s plea stated.
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ED officials have questioned both Jacqueline and Nora in the Sukesh case.
Jacqueline had pleaded before the PMLA court where she submitted that she was being ‘falsely implicated’ by the ED while others like Nora had also received gifts from Sukesh but had been made witnesses.
Refuting all allegations, Nora said she had nothing to do with the matter. She reiterated that she had no direct contact with Sukesh, but only through his wife Lena Maria Paul.
Nora also denied receiving gifts from the Sukesh.
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“It is pertinent to mention herein that both the complainant (Nora Fatehi) and the 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 the complainant wherein she has no business mentioning the complainant is mala fide in nature,” the petition stated.
Nora also named several media houses in her defamation plea, alleging that the “collective hounding of her by multiple media houses is akin to a mob lynching”. She added that it had happened “at the behest of Jacqueline Fernandez.”
