Following accusations that Raj Kundra paid Rs 15 crore to a firm owned by Shilpa Shetty, her lawyer, Prashant Patil, issued a statement claiming that the report is "totally fake" and "intentionally planted in the public domain to defame" Shilpa. According to her lawyer`s statement, they will seek damages "against all the news articles" that they believe have been "circulated mischievously." According to the statement, Shilpa never got "such an amount." According to the statement, Shilpa would take this matter to the Bombay High Court.

Shilpa takes the matter to high court

“We shall go to the root of mischief and adopt the due process of law to file criminal proceedings and civil damages against all the news articles circulated mischievously to defame my client. No such amount was ever received by my client, Mrs Shilpa Shetty Kundra, and at this stage, we cannot reveal anything further as the matter is sub judice,” a part of the statement read.