My former lawyer was bribed, Paraskar trying to defame me: Model in rape case

The model-turned-actress who accused IPS officer Sunil Paraskar of raping and molesting her has said that her former lawyer was bribed. The Mumbai police recorded the statement of the model’s former lawyer on Tuesday. The lawyer had earlier claimed the case against Paraskar had been filed for publicity. [caption id=“attachment_1649813” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Police recorded the statement of the model’s former lawyer in the Paraskar case. PTI[/caption] “My lawyer was bribed and the crime branch has the records,” said the model, according to TimesNOW. The model also blamed the media for spoiling her name. “Paskar is misguiding the media. Rather, they should fight the case in court.” On the other hand, the model’s former lawyer had said, “This case has been hyped. My client herself did not tell me the truth. She did not give me enough details. The motive behind this case is personal rivalry.” Apart from the model’s former lawyer, the Shiv Sena also defended Paraskar in its mouthpiece Saamna. “We agree that rape is heinous but it is also equally reprehensible to make (baseless) allegations of rape,” an editorial in the publication had said. “What we have said is clear, the rape victim should lodge the complaint immediately. If complaint is lodged after six months or a year, the medical evidence in such cases is invalid and the case assumes a different colour,” the editorial said. Claiming that the controversial Marathi editorial was distorted in translation, ‘Saamana’ said, “now, it is just a one-sided attack by those who don’t want to understand what someone said or wrote.” “Some TV news channels and print journalists are now ‘raping’ journalism and neither the Press Council nor the courts can curb this,” the editorial said. “There is no reason for controversy on our view that there should be no media trial in rape case while the matter is in court and police investigation is in progress,” the editorial said. (With inputs from PTI)