Female artiste alleges casting couch, TV crew demands money from victim

Kathi Mahesh, film critic was also in the live debate on TV 9 Telugu along with the victim, who is a character artiste in Telugu movies. Both took part in the debate on casting couch, where the actress had alleged that after coming out of Bigg Boss, Kathi Mahesh took her to his room, gave Rs 500 and molested her. Now, the girl has released a video alleging that after the live debate became viral, she was contacted by the TV crew along with Kathi Mahesh and they demanded Rs 50 lakh from her as she had damaged Kathi Mahesh's reputation.