SHILPA SHETTY BREAKS SILENCE OVER PARENTS ARREST

Last updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2007

SHILPA SHETTY BREAKS SILENCE OVER PARENTS ARREST

Bollywood star SHILPA SHETTY has spoken out about her parents' 2003 arrest for extortion, calling the incident the 'worst day of my life' and insisting she will 'never forgive' those who brought the 'false' charges against her family.

SHILPA SHETTY

Sunder and Sunanda Shetty are alleged to have hired a mafia hitman to threaten a businessman over outstanding payments relating to a 1998 sari advertising campaign which featured their actress daughter.

The Shettys will appear before a court later this year (07), and if found guilty the former reality TV star's parents could be jailed for several years.

The charges are based on telephone conversations that were secretly recorded between Shetty's parents and the gangsters they're alleged to have hired.

The Indian actress says, "That crook owes me around GBP80,000 ($152,000) and we sent him two legal demands to pay up.

"And yes there will be a court case (against my parents). But the allegations are all lies. Extortion! It's not our style.

"It's been distressing. The day my parents were arrested, charged with extortion and released on bail was the hardest day of my life.

"I can never forgive the people who did this to them."

Source: WENN

| Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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