From allegations to legal action: The Hazel Shiny-Deepika row explained | Tamil Movie News
For the past couple of days, social media is abuzz over a video posted by influencer Hazel Shiny, in which she is seen discussing the personal life, work style and the alleged fake social media persona of an influencer. While Shiny did not identify the influencer by name, viewers linked the remarks to actress and content creator Deepika Venkatachalam (of Love Insurance Kompany fame), triggering widespread online discussion and speculation over her personal relationships.What allegations did Hazel Shiny make?In the YouTube video, Hazel Shiny made several allegations about the unnamed influencer. She claimed, among other things, that the person intentionally pursued a co-worker’s partner, exploited a close friend professionally and underpaid them, cheated on her partner, and staged a meet-and-greet with fans for the sake of a future business venture.Deepika promises legal actionResponding to the video on her Instagram Story, Deepika stated that she’s looking at taking legal action. “I think I deserve to stand up for myself for having been myself all these years. Right now I’m in the middle of work and travelling out of country but I am very well aware of the speculations that have turned into accusations for over three weeks now,” she wrote and added, “I will be facing this legally as per law and will be pursuing appropriate legal remedies to this matter as this involves serious allegations and personal defamation which will not be tolerated. Once I’m back home, I will be addressing this issue personally with all proofs in place, not to be accountable to anyone but for the audience who trusted me throughout and I owe an explanation to them on this. (sic)”
