Prajwal Revanna ‘sex video’ case: Hassan MP himself sought gag order on assault videos in 2023, says report
Prajwal Revanna, who is an alleged accused of sexual assault video case, himself publicly referred to the sex tapes that erupted a controversy across the state. Last June, the JD(S) leader sought a gag order to avoid dissemination of what he said “fake news" “morphed videos". Prajwal Revanna in June 2023 moved a Bengaluru civil court against 86 media houses and three persons in connection with the sexual assault videos, as per Indian Express report.
On June 2, 2023, the court granted injunction to the Hassan MP on the grounds of “threat of broadcasting orcirculating fake news, morphed videos against the plaintiff by the defendants". More than 2,900 videos, allegedly recorded by Prajwal himself, circulated via pen drives in Hassan ahead of Lok Sabha elections on April 26. Local BJP leader G Deveraje Gowda, who was defeated by Prajwal's father HD Revanna in the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections, claimed to have obtained access tot he videos through Prajwal's former driver.
The Express report revealed that Gowda referred to the “obscene pictures" and the “gag order" at a media briefing in January 2024. The BJP leader clarified that he did not release the videos out of dignity and privacy of the women involved. It is pertinent to note that Gowda had also written a letter to the Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra warning about allegations against Prajwal, just months before NDA announced his candidature was from the Hassan constituency.
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