#MeToo: Chetan Bhagat hits back at Ira Trivedi by making her email allegedly sent to him, public!

Chetan Bhagat reacts to the sexual harassment allegations made against him by author Ira Trivedi 2 days ago, by sharing screenshot of an email allegedly sent to him by her in 2013. His message along with the screenshot read- "So who wanted to kiss whom? @iratrivedi’s self-explanatory email from 2013 to me, esp last line, easily shows her claims from 2010 are false, and she knows this too. This mental harassment of me and my family has to stop. Please don’t harm a movement with #fakecharges #harassed". The mail sent to him by Ira, as per his claim, was signed off with "Miss u kiss u". Here's the tweet: 

So who wanted to kiss whom? @iratrivedi’s self-explanatory email from 2013 to me, esp last line, easily shows her claims from 2010 are false, and she knows this too. This mental harassment of me and my family has to stop. Please don’t harm a movement with #fakecharges #harassed pic.twitter.com/SWeaSCfHLd

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

More tweets followed after this in which Chetan targeted Ira posting a video and then one of his earlier written article that was about her. He defends himself saying that Ira had even invited him for her book launch in 2015/16 saying "Who calls their harasser as chief guest for their book launch?". Check out the tweets below:

Also, it is she who comes from very powerful family connected to pol party (regularly dropped top names of people in power then ). i was less known in 2010. was intimidated by her. My old col on Air India talks of entitled IAS kid demanding upgrades at Air India counter. It's her pic.twitter.com/GGNGjZgbz9

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

Shame on media like @outlookindia who carried a fake charges story without even checking with me. They could have easily checked on YouTube that I launched her book in 2015/16. Who calls their harasser as chief guest for their book launch? Video here: https://t.co/g6uIOVLjeS

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

A person’s reputation is their most prized asset and takes a lifetime of work to earn. To have these motivated, fake attacks on me is abhorrent and the sickest thing a person can do. Please don’t support this kind of smear campaign.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

To those who abused me last few days, hope you will do right by me now. Ultimately, is this movement about the truth or blindly supporting a particular gender? Please don’t let your biases make you believe things that are not true.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

Annoyed by my revelations, more baseless, twisted attacks may come on me, through her friends, wellwishers &/or others. Neither obligated nor inclined to respond. Please don’t believe such nonsense. I may go silent on twitter to heal my family but I won’t be shamed or silenced.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

I am not a vindictive person. More than anything I just want me and my family to be left alone and people to ignore fake charges. Love to all who supported me. I won’t let you down. This was my #MeToo story. Peace out.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 15, 2018

In the ongoing #MeToo movement, writer Ira Trivedi, on October 13, had detailed her experience of being sexually harassed by Chetan Bhagat and Suhel Seth. Ira Trivedi, had come ahead with her story alleging Author Chetan Bhagat as well as Suhel Seth for allegedly having sexually assaulted and harassed her years ago. After sharing Whatsapp screenshots of Chetan's attempts to woo her, the writer in her long article published by Outlook had gone on to allege that Bhagat, 10 years ago at Jaipur Literature Festival tried to force himself upon her. Ira said "And the reality is that they did not behave appropriately, this is no way to behave with another woman, especially a much younger woman and especially when one of the men is married, one of them is 25 years older. And I also thought that it was my responsibility to come up and speak up. You know, because when women don't speak up with their stories, it's very difficult."