Sushant Singh Rajput has been accused of sexual misconduct by his Kizie Aur Manny co-star Sanjana Sanghi. In his defense, the actor shared screenshots of their SMS conversation and called it a "smear campaign".
Sushant on Friday tweeted snapshots of his conversation with Sanjana from the first day to the last day of the film's shoot, and captioned it: "I feel sad to reveal personal information but it seems that there is no other way to state what was, in the midst of this curated and well-timed smear campaign.
"From the first till the last day of the shoot, this is what happened on the set with Sanjana" the actor wrote.
https://twitter.com/itsSSR/status/1053109681818763264
https://twitter.com/itsSSR/status/1053110508050571264
Sanjana has accused the 32-year-old actor of behaving inappropriately on the sets of the movie, saying he made her feel "uncomfortable" with his "overly friendly behaviour" during the shoot in Jodhpur.
Recommended Read: Mukesh Chhabra axed from Kizie Aur Manny by Fox for #MeToo allegations
[caption id="attachment_152847" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sushant with Sanjana Sanghi and Mukesh Chhabra[/caption]
On Thursday, Twitterati pointed at Sushant's missing blue verification tick on the micro-blogging platform following the claims. However, Sushant on Friday clarified, "For all those deliberately using the missing of Twitter 'blue tick' to substantiate their false claims, allow me to tell you that it is not there since September 5. Get your facts checked before jumping to conclusions that you so eagerly want to."
https://twitter.com/itsSSR/status/1053124173382397952
Now Sushant's Twitter account has gotten back its blue tick and is verified once again after he cleared out and denied all the harassment claims against himself.
The film's director and popular casting director Mukesh Chhabra spoke out in support of Sushant. "I totally stand by Sushant. No such incident happened on the sets and let's not have a Twitter trial and make an innocent person suffer for somebody else's ulterior motives. I had clarified this on twitter long back and I still maintain it," Chhabra, who too has been accused by a woman of sexual harassment tweeted.
https://twitter.com/CastingChhabra/status/1052990493334867968
However, in this whirlwind, Mukesh today was ousted from his directorial debut by Fox Star Studios following #MeToo allegations against him.