Bollywood SAS sex scandal

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Bollywood SAS sex scandal: Actress Tania Zaetta threatens to sue Australian government
By Nick Squires in Sydney
Last updated: 12:12 PM BST 23/05/2008

Tania Zaetta's strenuous denial that she slept with elite special forces soldiers was backed up by a fellow entertainer, who said the tour was so hectic that there would not even have been time for a liaison.

A high profile publicity agent she has hired said the impact of the allegations on her career in India could cost her A$1 million (£480,000).

"She spent 10 years going into that marketplace," celebrity public relations agent Max Markson told Australian newspapers.

"I'd say [it will cost her] seven figures - definitely a million dollars. It's very serious. Sexual allegations even in this country are bad but over there, it's abhorrent."

Miss Zaetta said she had contacted lawyers and would consider suing the Australian defence department for leaking unsubstantiated rumours that she had behaved in an improper way during a tour of Australian military bases last month.

The claims emerged in a government document prepared for the defence minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, and leaked to the press.

"How does a supposed document ... that I don't know about get leaked in the first place? That's a little bit concerning about the security of the country," Miss Zaetta told Channel Nine television.

"It's complete made-up lies. I feel I am owed an apology. Not only my family name but my career that I have worked very hard for is at stake here."

Claims she had sex with Australian troops made headlines in India, where Miss Zaetta has forged a career in Bollywood films.

"When things like this get into countries like that (India) it's not taken lightly," she told News Ltd newspapers. "Sex scandals - rumoured, alleged, bad Chinese whispers, whatever it is - aren't taken lightly in a country like that."

Asked if she had been alone with any soldiers during the 17-day tour of Afghanistan and Iraq, the London-based Australian actress said: "You were never alone with any soldiers - you were in full view of everybody else all the time."

Her account of the tour being busy was corroborated by a musician from an Australian rock band, the Wolverines.

"I've heard of quickies, mate, but you'd have to be really quick. We didn't have time to do anything," said John Clinton.

The defence department has "apologised unreservedly" to Ms Zaetta for disclosing the claims.

However, on the substance of the allegation that she had sex with special forces soldiers on the trip, the department said only: "We are unable to comment as the investigation is ongoing."

Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, said Miss Zaetta was entitled to pursue legal action.

He said the defence department was conducting two inquiries, one trying to find out what, if anything, happened in Afghanistan and the other looking at how the document containing the allegations was handled.

"There's an investigation under way. Let's wait till all the facts are on the table," Mr Rudd said.

An Australian of Italian (sic) background, Miss Zaetta, 37, rose to prominence in Australia as a host of the game show Who Dares Wins, which happens to be the motto of Australia's SAS regiment, modelled on its British counterpart.

In recent years, she has featured in a number of Bollywood productions, including a recent Charlie's Angels-style hit,"Mr. Black, Mr. White. She also has a kickboxing exercise video called Tania Zaetta's Box.

Australia has around 1,000 troops in Afghanistan, including 310 special forces soldiers serving in Uruzgan in the south.

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Bollywood SAS sex scandal: Actress Tania Zaetta threatens to sue Australian government - Telegraph

[psychoteddybear]

I'm supposed to care that some actress is going to lose a million dollars cuz she's been called a ho in the press? ok....

[Glasgow]

lol like any of them are meant to be virgins...