The lawsuit, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, names journalist Priya Ramani as the sole accused and says that she “intentionally put forward malicious, fabricated and salacious” allegations to harm his reputation.
Ramani was not immediately reachable for comment.
In a one-page statement on Sunday, Akbar described multiple allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him as “wild and baseless”.
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