Amidst raising fingers on Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput's case, the actress's lawyer Satish Maneshinde in an interview with India Today has presented Rhea Chakraborty's story side. Going by the interview of Satish Maneshinde, he said that Sushant was extremely troubled, cried frequently, and called his family members to come and stay with him. When his elder sister, Mitu, agreed to come and live with him on June 8, he requested Rhea to move in with her parents for the time being.
However, due to the estranged relationship of Rhea with Sushant's family, she was uncomfortable in that. Maneshinde said, "Rhea had been suffering from her own anxiety issues and panic attacks. Sushant’s conduct aggravated these conditions. Even though Rhea wanted to see her family, she was not at all comfortable leaving Sushant.”
On Sushant's family allegation on Rhea about the abetment of suicide, Maneshinde said, "This is total nonsense. No allegations whatsoever were made till July 27, 2020, by anybody in the family. Their statements were recorded by the police in Mumbai. They are educated and have an IPS officer, O.P. Singh, in the family. These allegations have come as an afterthought now, and are totally concocted for ulterior purposes. Rhea denies all the allegations, of abetment to suicide, misappropriation of funds and all others. Both the Mumbai Police and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been handed all the financial documents of Rhea which clearly show that the allegations are false. She has not received a single transfer of money from Sushant’s accounts. Her income tax returns have been examined by the police as well as the ED. Nothing incriminating has been found."
On being asked about Rhea's accusation to Sushant's sister Priyanka sexually harassing her, Maneshinde said, ": In the initial months of their relationship, when Rhea used to visit Sushant’s house, his sister Priyanka and her husband Siddharth were living with him. On one night, sometime in April 2019, Rhea and Priyanka had gone out to a party. Priyanka consumed copious amounts of alcohol and was behaving inappropriately with men as well as women at the party. So Rhea insisted that they return to Sushant’s home. Upon returning, Sushant and his sister continued drinking alcohol while Rhea retired for the night as she had a shoot the next morning. Rhea was asleep in Sushant’s room when she suddenly awoke to find Priyanka had got into bed with her and was groping her. Rhea was extremely shocked and demanded that she leave the room immediately. Subsequently, Rhea herself left the house. Thereafter, Rhea informed Sushant as to what had transpired and Sushant got into an argument with his sister regarding the same. The incident strained ties between Sushant’s family and Rhea. Even after his death, when a list of 20 people was made on who would attend the funeral, Rhea’s name was not included. She couldn’t attend the funeral.
Maneshinde also explained Rhea Chakraborty's side of story on what happened on June 8. Maneshinde said, "Sushant had been calling his family, tell them he was moving out of Mumbai and requesting them to come meet him. After several days of Sushant calling and crying over the phone, his sister Mitu agreed to come live with him on June 8, 2020. Sushant then requested Rhea to move in with her parents for the time being. Rhea had been suffering from her own anxiety issues and panic attacks and Sushant’s conduct had aggravated these conditions. That said, she was not at all comfortable with leaving Sushant. The very same day (June 8), Rhea had arranged a therapy session for herself with Dr. Susan Walker and asked Sushant if she could leave after the session. But Sushant told her to leave immediately before Mitu arrived.