Mansoor Ali Khan has refused to apologise in the controversy involving his derogatory statements against actress Trisha Krishnan. The actor's rape comment has landed him in legal trouble as an FIR has been filed against him. Did you know he was once convicted of rape in 2001?
The incident took place in December 1998, when Mansoor Ali Khan was arrested after a woman accused him of rape. In 2001, he was found guilty of the crime and was awarded seven years of jail along with a fine of Rs 3 lakhs. Here's what happened.?
As per the woman who accused him of rape, she approached the actor after he had put an advertisement for a secretary. According to her, he took her to a hotel room in November 1996 and offered her juice that was laced with sedatives. She said that he raped her and threatened her to not reveal this to anyone. In May 1998, she gave birth to a baby girl.??
The woman reportedly claimed that she lost her virginity to him.
In his petition to the high court, the Tamil actor said that he had come across a case filed by the woman to reunite with her husband. She got married in August 1994. He said that she was already married and hadn't lost her virginity to him. In fact, she has reached out to him for financial help, and he did help her. As per Khan, the woman filed a false case fearing that he would stop helping her financially.??
Eleven years later, the Madras High Court found that the allegations by the 23-year-old woman were untrue. The woman was then ordered to pay Rs 50 lakh as damages to the actor for malicious prosecution and defamation.
However, in the same year, Khan was arrested on land-grabbing charges. It was alleged that he had illegally constructed a 16-storeyed property in Arumbakkam.Later, he along with environmentalist Piyush Manush was also arrested in June 2018 while protesting the proposed 270-kilometre superhighway connecting Salem and Chennai.In April 2021, he was once again arrested for spreading rumors about COVID-19 vaccination and ordered to pay 2 lakhs to the health secretary.
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