Rippling co-founder Prasanna Sankar, in a series of tweets, countered the claims of sexual misconduct and prostitution made by his estranged wife, Dhivya Sashidhar. The revelations came a day after he said that the crisis was resolved.
Sankar had, on March 24, revealed the bitter divorce and custody battle with his wife on social media platform X. In a series of posts, he had stated that his wife had practically kidnapped their son, while claiming that Prasanna deceived her by making her travel to India on the pretext of property issues.
After Prasanna’s tweets garnered widespread media attention, Dhivya levelled serious allegations of “sexual misconduct, kidnapping, and prostitution” against Prasanna.
The domestic dispute seemed to have escalated, as Prasanna claimed that the wife accused him of “recording porn videos of her and distributing them.” He responded that Singapore police did not find any evidence to support the claim. He said, “she made the same allegation to SG (Singapore) police.”
Saying that it was a 30-year sentence if true, Prasanna rebutted the accusation of being a “sexual predator” and said the “SG (Singapore) Police investigated this by seizing my phone and computers.”
“Found no evidence and have cleared me of all these fake charges. She accused me of these again in Washington. Again (the) judge ruled in my favor,” Prasanna wrote.
According to the tech entrepreneur, he was cleared of all the “fake charges.” He said people could confirm his version by going through United States court reports, which are public records.
In the midst of the allegations and counters, the legal battle gained media attention, but Prasannad doubled down on his stance, with supporting evidence. In a long X thread, he shared screenshots of WhatsApp conversations, emails between lawyers, judgments and a copy of the purported letter he wrote to his son.
Through the WhatsApp conversation screenshots, Prasanna countered Dhivya’s kidnapping claims and wrote: “Primarily the complaint says I kidnapped the child. She says I took him by force and threats. PFA – she instructs voluntarily when we should pick up the child from her house, as per the terms of the MOU custody agreement.”
Showing an email, he informed the public how their lawyers negotiated over the MoU agreement, which his wife claimed she was forced to sign.
“After many back and forths, a settlement is reached, voluntarily. I have never spoken to her till date, for many mos (months), after false cases,” he said.
Prasanna also stated that a US judge instructed his wife to return their son.
According to him, his wife “has nothing to lose at this point” but what she should have done was said, “Yes I messed up, but I still want public sympathy and his money.”
“At-least be honest about it,” Prasanna stated.
He ended the tweet thread by saying that his wife, instead of attending the hearings, “uses the police as a machinery of aggression.” He said she should agree in court that “she will follow the custody schedule and return the child back to me 50/50” and added that the police shouldn’t be involved in custody disputes.
Source: India Today