US
court dismisses 3 frivolous cases filed by Nithyananda Swami and his agents
against victim AarthiRao in Michigan, USA. The dismissal
of the complaints filed in Michigan by Nithyananda’s followers is the most
recent victory against witness intimidation and harassment. The complaints
filed by Nithyananda, his followers and organizations, were regarding
defamation, privacy violation, etc, demanding compensation to the tune of more
than Rs. 120 crores!
Quoting from the submissions
made to the US court:
“Plaintiff
has initiated criminal charges against Ms. Rao in India based on the same
allegations that she made in this case. Believing
that the best defense is a good offense, Nithyananda and his followers have
aggressively attacked Ms. Rao in an effort to discredit her. Not only have
the pending criminal action and this civil action been started by the
plaintiff, but Nithyananda and his assistant have filed a suit (13-93-NZ) in
this Court based on the same events, and Nithyananda's foundation has also
filed a complaint in this Court (13-157-NZ) based on the same events. The Life
Bliss Foundation, which is tied to Nithyananda, also brought suit against Ms.
Rao in California (RIC 1105004) on bogus charges of misappropriation of trade
secrets. Ms. Rao was forced to abandon that suit due to a lack of financial
resources.
Not
content to have the Indian courts sort out this drama, Nithyananda and his
followers are now attempting to use the United States court system to harass
Ms. Rao.
Three separate civilcomplaints have been filed against Ms. Rao in Michigan. The factual allegations in the
threecomplaints are strikingly similar, and none of them allege any actions in
Michigan. This aggressive use of the Michigan court system to deal with
what are plainly Indian concerns must stop.”
After considering all
the arguments, the Hon’ble David S. Swartz of 22nd Circuit Court for
the County of Washtenaw, Michigan, USA dismissed
all pending cases against AarthiRao filed by Nithyananda, his followers and
various Nithyananda organizations .
It has also come to
lightthat amalicious attempt was made to
mislead the Hon’ble Michigan Court and obtain default/ex-party judgments against
AarthiRao, without her knowledge, to the
tune ofRs. 120 crores. Even though Nithyananda and his group were very well
aware that AarthiRao was in India during Oct 2012 (as she was appearing live in
local TV programs at that time to answer some of the allegations made against
her), all court summons and notices were sent only to her USA address and the
US court was misled to believe that she was properly informed (when in fact she
had absolutely no idea of the complaint nor about the summons, till the last
minute). Further misrepresenting that AarthiRao was ignoring the summons, the
court was moved to give a default judgment (i.e. without properly hearing her
side) for compensation of more than Rs. 120 crores.
AarthiRao is the victim
and prime witness in the charge sheet CC No. 204/2010, filed by Karnataka CID
in Nov 2010 against Nithyananda and his 5 secretaries. Over the past 2½ years, after
the charge sheet was filed in 2010, at least
13 criminal and civil cases have been filed in retaliation by Nithyananda,
directly or through his followers and organizations, against AarthiRaoin India
and USA. What could be
Nithyananda's motive behind filing so many false/frivolous complaints in so
many courts, and pressing for default judgments? Is it to harass AarthiRao legally &
financially by forcing her to
appear in so many different courts? Is it to use these cases to pressurize her into silence, in exchange for some peace of mind? Or
is it merely to collect as
many judgments against her from
as many courts as possible (without a proper trial where all the facts can be
examined by the court),
so that the judiciary,
authorities and public in India can be misled
to believe that she is guilty of several crimes in various courts, thereby discrediting
her as a victim/witness during Nithyananda’s trial in India. It’s probably all of these. Remember
Nithyananda's notorious press meets in Jun 2012, where he claimed that AarthiRao
was convicted of fraud by a California court; but in reality there is no such
judgment even as of May 2013. This clearly brings out their malafide
intentions.It is not surprising that his organization and his secretaryGopal
Reddy Sheelum (@ NithyaBhaktananda) were found guilty of fraud by a California
court after trial for two years.
Needless to say, such
continuing harassment can devastate any individual financially and mentally;butAarthiRao
continues to bravely stand and fight for the truth and the social cause of
exposing a fraud!
SatyamevaJayate!
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