Shilpa Shetty issued a strong statement denying any legal wrongdoing. The actress called recent attempts to link her to a case involving Best Deal TV completely baseless and distressing. She clarified her involvement with the company was only as a non-executive figure. Shetty had no part in its daily operations, financial decisions, or signing authority.
She stated her work involved only professional product endorsements for the home shopping channel, similar to other public figures. Payments for that work are still outstanding, she noted. Furthermore, her family personally loaned the company a large sum, around twenty crore rupees, which also remains unpaid.
Shetty labeled the legal move to assign her criminal liability as...