The Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut spat got uglier with the actress approaching the Commissioner of Police seeking the actor's arrest for allegedly circulating her personal photographs and e-mails to the media and "willfully outraging" her modesty.
It all began when Hrithik, in February sent a notice to Kangana asking her to hold a press conference and tender an apology for referring to him as a 'silly ex'. Kangana, in turn, had responded with a 21-page notice, charging Hrithik with intimidation and threat.
And now, the actress has issued a final statement on the controversy, asserting that she will not bow down to threats and that ‘slut-shaming’ her will not work.
I am not ashamed of anything, not my past, not my affairs, not my body and most definitely not my desire. So "slut-shaming" won't work either."
“If the other party who sued me for defamation and asked for a public apology can prove defamation, I promise to apologise publicly. I request the other party to respond to the legal matter, which they have started, and not turn this defamation suit in to a media trial and judgement. If they are sincerely seeking an apology then they must help me understand their perspective because blackmailing or threatening won't work with me," the statement said.
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Kangana also indicated that she had written 'love poems' to the actor and that circulating them will not prompt her to issue an apology.
"Though my legal team is taking strict actions against blackmailing and threatening me but as a girl it doesn't scare me. You won't get a sorry by threatening me or circulating my love poems, letters or images. I am not ashamed of anything, not my past, not my affairs, not my body and most definitely not my desire. So "slut-shaming" won't work either. If they want an apology then they have to come to the point, beating about the bush won't help, me and my team are eager to help as hurting sentiments isn't our intention,” it further read.
Earlier this week, Kangana's advocate Rizwan Siddiqui sent a letter to the Commissioner of Police on April 6 requesting him to look into the matter and take appropriate action.
“My client Kangana Ranaut has been given to understand that her absolutely private and confidential e-mails as well as photographs which were collected by Hrithik Roshan during his association with her are being malafidely and mischievously misused by Hrithik Roshan with criminal intentions of damaging my client's reputation and to willfully impute in-chastity to her. Please do note that Hrithik Roshan has even criminally threatened my client of these actions in his notice to my client. However, as his notice received a befitting reply from me and he was not in a position to reply to the same he is now indulging in these criminal acts to put fear in the mind of my client," the letter said.
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The letter further stated that while Kangana reserves her right to file FIR, she would request the police to immediately look into the matter and take appropriate action.”
The legal fight between the two stars, which worked together in 'Kites' and 'Krrish 3', has been grabbing headlines for some time now. Hrithik's side claims that he never had a relationship with the actress. The actor had accused the "Queen" star of sending up to 50 e-mails a day, some of them explicit in nature, whereas Kangana has alleged that he had hacked into her email account to delete mails that could have complicated his divorce proceedings with his then wife Suzanne Khan.
Kangana, however, has charged the actor of a clumsy attempt to cover up their relationship. The actress had said she was not "some dim-witted teenager who has been smitten and that whatever happened between the two of them was with full consent of both parties.”
