Shilpa Shetty gets relief in the 2007 Richard Gere kissing case – Full story inside

A city magistrate court has discharged actor Shilpa Shetty in an obscenity complaint filed against her by a person in 2007 in connection with the incident where American actor Richard Gere kissed her on stage during a charity event.

Richard Gere’s infamous obscene kiss with Shilpa Shetty got him into trouble. It was at an event in 2007 at Rajasthan where Richard was present to lend his support to public AIDS awareness. Richard and Shilpa had come together for an event. However, it became one of the most controversial event. On the stage, Richard took Shilpa in his arms and kissed her nonstop, causing a stir in the country.

Shilpa was granted relief in the case by Metropolitan Magistrate Ketaki Chavan. “It seems that the accused Shilpa Shetty is the victim of the alleged act of accused no. 1 Not a single element of any of the alleged offence is being satisfied in the complaint,” Magistrate Ketaki Chavan observed.

The allegation against Shetty is that she did not protest when she was kissed by the co-accused Richard Gere. This by no stretch of imagination makes her a conspirator or perpetrator of any crime.

On the work front, Shetty was last seen in Hungama 2 with Paresh Rawal, Meezaan and Pranitha Subhash in lead roles. The film was released on an OTT platform and it received mixed reviews. Next, she will be seen in Sabbir Khan’s Nikamma co-starring Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia in lead roles.