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Richa Chadha initiates legal action against Payal Ghosh for dragging her name in Kashyap controversy
Published : Sep 21, 2020, 2:12 pm IST
Updated : Sep 21, 2020, 2:12 pm IST
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Richa Chadha on Monday said she has initiated "appropriate" legal action after her name was dragged in a "defamatory" manner by actor

Mumbai: Richa Chadha on Monday said she has initiated "appropriate" legal action after her name was dragged in a "defamatory" manner by actor Payal Ghosh, who has accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment.

On Saturday, Ghosh took to Twitter, claiming that Kashyap was sexually inappropriate towards her, an allegation Kashyap called "baseless".

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She also claimed that Kashyap boasted about his connection with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and claimed that there were other female artistes who he got intimate with, including Chadha.

Chadha took to Twitter to share her lawyer Saveena Bedi Sachar's statement.

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"Our Client has initiated appropriate legal action and shall further pursue her legal rights and remedies in law as may be advised in her best interest."

Richa ChadhaRicha ChadhaThe statement further read that Richa condemns her name being "unnecessarily and falsely dragged in a defamatory manner" into controversies and allegations raised by "third parties."

"Though our client believes that genuinely wronged women should get justice at all costs, there are legislations that are intended to ensure that women have an equal standing in their workplace and to ensure that they have a cordial workplace in which their dignity and self-respect is protected.

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"No woman can be allowed to misuse their liberties to harass other women with unsubstantiated or non-existent, false and baseless allegations."

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