Rape accuser demanded extortion money after Bhushan refused to fund web series: T-Series

Mumbai: The Managing Director of T-Series Bhushan Kumar has been allegedly accused of rape. An FIR has been registered at DN Nagar Police Station in Mumbai where the 30-year-old alleged victim accused Bhushan of raping her by luring her of giving her work in a T-Series project. The woman also accused that Bhushan Kumar threatened her by releasing her pictures and videos on social media.

Amid all this, an official statement has been released on behalf of Bhushan Kumar. It has been stated that the allegations against the MD of T-Series are ‘completely false and malicious’.

The statement read, “The complaint filed against Mr. Bhushan Kumar is completely false and malicious and the contents of the same are denied. It has been falsely alleged that the lady in question was sexually exploited between 2017 to 2020 on the pretext of giving her work. It is a matter of record that she has already worked for T-Series banner in Film and music videos.”

“Around March 2021 she approached Mr. Bhushan Kumar seeking help to fund one of the web-series which she wanted to produce, which was politely refused. Thereafter, In June 2021 after the lifting of lockdown in Maharashtra she started approaching T-Series banner in collusion with her accomplice demanding huge sum of money as extortion amount. Consequently, a complaint was filled by T-Series banner against the attempted extortion at with police at Amboli police station on 1st July 2021. We also have evidence in the form of audio recording for the extortion attempt and the same shall be provided to investigating agency. The present complaint filed by her is nothing but a counter blast to the complaint filed against her and her accomplice for the offence of extortion. We are in the process of consulting our lawyers in this regard and will take appropriate legal action”, further read the statement.