“Rhea Is Terribly Stressed,” Rumi Jaffery Defends Rhea Chakraborty, Says She Is No Gold Digger

For all those accusing  actress Rhea Chakraborty  of   abetting  Sushant Singh Rajput’s  suicide writer-director Rumi Jaffrey has only one  question: “Were you there? Did Sushant tell  you anything about his  equation with Rhea? Do you have any idea how devoted she was  to him?  When you talk about her as  gold-digger  it is shameful.”

Rumi fears for the well being of  Rhea.  “She’s under terrible  stress.  She  is just a young innocent girl. I fear she may crack under pressure. Then who will take responsibility if  anything happens to her?”

   Rumi is very angry and pained  by the smear campaign. “All those  people who are wrongly  holding     various people  in the  film industry  responsible for Sushant’s death  should know they’re putting these people under  tremendous  pressure .What  if something were  to happen to one of them? Then who will take responsibility?”

The  writer-director wonders what Salman Khan has to do with Sushant’s death. “They  must have  met maybe once or twice in passing. Yeh Salman Khan kahan  se beech  mein aa gaye(where  did Salman Khan) come  into this?”

 Rumi has  a  request for  Sushant’s fans. “If  you really love him please show some respect  for the  people close to him. Please stop pointing an accusing finger  at Rhea.  She was  with  Sushant till he end. She  kept  going to her own home which  was  very close to Sushant’s residence. But she  never abandoned him.”

 He is concerned  for Rhea. “Woh ant tak  Sushant ke saath thi.She spent  6-7 hours at  the  police  station answering all  the  questions  about him.Uss bechari pe kya guzri hogi.She  is  not a calculating gold  digger. She  loved Sushant…so did we all.  But it  doesn’t mean we should  abuse  those who are live.That  won’t bring him back.’