Latha Rajinikanth breaks silence on cheating case after court grants bail: “This is the price we pay for being celebrities”

Latha was granted bail by Bengaluru court on December 26 on Rs. 1 lakh personal bond and Rs. 25,000 cash.

By Bollywood Hungama News Network -

December 27, 2023 - 1:20 PM IST

Latha Rajinikanth, wife of Tamil megastar Rajinikanth, has finally broken her silence on the alleged cheating case filed against her in connection to the Tamil film Kochadaiiyaan. Latha was granted bail by Bengaluru court on December 26 on Rs. 1 lakh personal bond and Rs. 25,000 cash. She said that it is the price “we pay for being celebrities.”

Latha Rajinikanth breaks silence on cheating case after court grants bail: “This is the price we pay for being celebrities”

While speaking to ANI, Latha Rajinikanth said, “For me, it's a case of humiliation and harassment and exploitation of a popular person. This is the price we pay for being celebrities. So there may not be a big case, but the news becomes very big. There is no fraudulence. I have nothing to do with the money that is being reported. That is between Media One and the concerned people. They have already settled and the topic is between them. I made sure as a guarantor that they have been paid.”

In October, the Supreme Court reinstated charges against Latha Rajinikanth in a legal matter. The court disposed of SLP(Crl) No. 9818/2022 and SLP(Crl.) No. 8327/2022 by restoring the final report. Nevertheless, the court granted liberty to the petitioner(s) in SLP(Crl.) No. 8327/2022 to file a suitable application, if desired, seeking discharge. "Accordingly, the SLP(Crl) No. 9818/2022 and SLP(Crl.) No. 8327/2022 is disposed of by restoring the final report filed. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner(s) in SLP(Crl.) No.8327/2022 to file an appropriate application, if so advised, seeking discharge," the court said.

“We make it clear that if such application is filed on behalf of the petitioner(s), the findings rendered under the impugned order will not stand in the way, and the Trial Court is directed. Taking into consideration the further submissions made, the physical presence of the petitioner-accused shall stand dispensed with until and unless the same is required by the Trial Court,” the court added.

"We further make it clear that we have not expressed any opinions on the merits of the case and it is well open to the parties to resolve the issue, also through mediation," the court said.

For unversed, Ad Bureau Advertising Pvt Ltd, based in Chennai, lodged a cheating case against Latha Rajinikanth, asserting her involvement in a financial dispute related to the 2014 film. The complainant alleged lending Rs. 10 crore to Media One, a film production house, with Latha Rajinikanth supposedly acting as a guarantor.