Preity Zinta opens up on her Facebook page

Investigation is on, examining witnesses is continuing and so is the hassle for Bollywood actress Preity Zinta who accused her former boyfriend, business tycoon Ness Wadia of publicly abusing and threatening her at the Wankhede Stadium during the recently concluded IPL tournament on May 30. This morning, in the early hours, the actress took to her Facebook page to open up about her stand calling it an “attempt to set the record straight.”

Her statement said with sheer annoyance, “Sometimes in life one is faced with a situation that blows up in your face irrespective of which path you take. The last few days have felt like an emotional and moral roller coaster for me. What surprises me most are some of the reactions that i have seen or heard from people, friends and the media regarding this situation. Sadly in India the fairer sex has to have a larger limit, more tolerance and worry about what people will say irrespective of the facts and the truth.” She also expressed thankfulness towards her supporters saying, “I appreciate all the people who stand by me and support me but i must confess i am genuinely surprised and shocked at some reactions from people in general...” She went on, “...therefore this is my attempt to set the record straight. Why did i report a personal matter to the police? PERSONAL MATTER ? Seriously ? For the record this relationship was ended by me in 2009 and i don't ever recall having gone to the police on any personal matter irrespective of what happened then. But now its been 6 years since the break up so THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL MATTER.” She carried on her clarifications, “Is this done for MONEY ? IPL was my project from the start and for the record not only did i pay for myself (5 crores)when i got into the IPL (bid) I paid for Ness too ! 5 crores ! (Proof of my financial commitment in the IPL is with the Bcci.) To be fair to him he did pay me back a couple of months later ( without any premium) so Hope the money theory is put to end once and for all. I have never taken ANYTHING from anyone now or ever in the past as I have a lot of self respect and pride myself for being self made and not motivated by other people's money...”

There is an absolute NO for publicity too from Preity’s end, “Is this done for PUBLICITY ? No one wants to be involved in something like this this for cheap publicity as this is more humiliating then something to be proud of, specially if you are a very private and self respecting person...” Her statement had more addition, “...JEALOUSY ? Life moves on, people move on and so have I, and Happily so. I firmly believe and live by the principle that The Windscreen is always larger than the rear view mirror...” Then her most strong comments appeared when she said, “...WOMAN POWER - If only a mother had corrected her son, when she saw what he was becoming, and not ignore it ; If only the journalist had not said - '' Why is she making a big deal of an incident that is not rape or murder; " If only the girlfriend had walked out when she saw the first sign of abuse ; If only the female voter, made a note of an insensitive politician's attitude towards women and made sure he never got elected again ; If only other women didn't dilute the seriousness of the offence by calling it Jealousy ; If only the reporter did not write an article to bring down any woman or her character only because she had the guts to report it and stand up for herself ...........................IF ONLY !!..............” Then came her request, “Police investigation is on so i would humbly request people to have a little patience and wait for all the facts to come out. This is not a frivolous or immature complaint to the police. I have never lied in the past and do not lie when it suits me or is convenient. I am a responsible citizen of this country and my only fault is that I am a woman, who reached a breaking point after constantly being abused, threatened & humiliated at work by someone who once was very dear to me.” She concluded saying, “...As i said earlier, My motive is not to harm anyone but only to protect my self ! I'm grateful to any man who has had the courage to stand up, for woman genuinely going through similar circumstances. You are and always will be OUR HERO ! I rest my case.” Meanwhile, it has also been learnt that the actress, who has recently seen a huge setback in her film career, is also planning a comeback with Neeraj Pathak's Bhaiyyaji Superhitt which also features Sunny Deol in the lead.