Nagpur: Anguished over the false narrative and statements made against him in the Money Mafia series aired on OTT platforms like Discovery Plus, Amazon and others, the lawyers of Arun Gawli have sent notices to these broadcasters.
Adv Pratik Rajopadhye and Adv Ashish Patankar, lawyers representing Gawli stated that the episode one of Season three of Money Mafia — Pay up or Else — used the name of their client, his archival footage including multiple videos and images without obtaining his explicit consent.
“Producing and publishing the offending episode laced with derogatory and defamatory remarks without examining the veracity of the actual facts pertaining to my client amounts to criminal defamation,” they said.
“My client is appalled by the fact that he has been referred to multiple times in the said episode as “underworld don”, “gangster” “extortionist” which is outright derogatory and defamatory. My client further states that he has been alleged of committing extortions till date in the said episode which is outright false and unsubstantiated,” said Adv Patankar speaking to Nagpur Today.
Adv Patankar further argued that, my client (Gawli) has not been accused of committing any crime in the last 13 years, however, the Money Mafia showed that he (Gawli) is still extorting money from Mumbai builders.
“My client states that the said episode has been produced with an intention of maligning his name and reputation, besides creating an air of fear amongst the masses without any cause or justification thereby violating my client’s right to privacy and right to be forgotten. And hence we’ve issued legal notice to broadcasters to immediately cease and desist from airing, publishing, transmitting and distributing the said episode and / or remove all references, images, videos related to my client,” Adv Patankar said.
