Showing posts with label Rhea Pillai daughter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rhea Pillai daughter. Show all posts
Leander & I haven't had a relationship since our child was conceived-Rhea Pillai
3:52 PM
Seema Sinha (BOMBAY TIMES; May 10, 2014)
Rhea accused Leander of cheating on her. She said, “Our relationship did not work out the way I wanted it to. He was very happy when I conceived, but post that, his behaviour changed dramatically. He must have felt, ‘Where can she go now?’ He would not show up for many days. Even while going on professional tours, no phone numbers were given to me. And then, women’s clothing started coming out of his suitcases.”
Rhea says when their daughter turned a little over seven, she told Leander that she wanted to separate. “I decided to walk out of his immediate space. I shifted to the other side of the apartment and he could not take out his anger on me. He then started venting out his anger at my daughter, who used to stay with him at night at that point of time,” she says. Rhea says Leander and she have not had any kind of relationship since Aiyana was conceived. “He has not even held my hand since then. Then I decided to live my life because he was living his life. The day I decided to do so, he didn’t like it. If I dress up, I am encouraging men to look at me and if I don’t, I am lazy,” she says. Leander was unavailable for comment till the time of going to press.
Leander Paes cheated on me from Day 1-Rhea Pillai
7:53 AM
Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 9, 2014)
Their love took flight in an aircraft en route Goa. Soon tennis ace Leander Paes and model and lifestyle coach Rhea Pillai became the most talked about couple of 2003.
Rhea was still married to Sanjay Dutt then while Leander was fresh off a break-up from Mahima Chaudhary. The bond was cemented when the two had a daughter in April 2006.
But the once happy couple are now washing their dirty linen in public in a custody battle for their child. Leander started the court battle and in the petition claimed that that they were never married, "as Rhea did not believe in the institution of marriage thanks to her two failed marriages".
Since last May, Leander's relationship with Rhea had hit rock bottom. It got worse on Thursday night when Rhea returned to their family home in Bandra and found herself locked out. Mirror caught up with her minutes before she left for the Bandra police station to file a complaint. Excerpts:
So did Leander really lock you out of the house?
Yes, Leander locked me out. I'd gone with my child for a birthday party. Leader and his mother were running out of the building as I was entering. They even put my clothes in boxes and threw them out. Actually, five people had forcibly broken into my house once before too.
When did this happen?
I was away in Rishikesh. They hacked into my computers and took away sensitive emails and some of my photographs. As I talk, cops are with me in my house, so is my friend Gauri Khan. Thank God, my child isn't here. She is at Rani Mukerji's house. It is her niece's birthday.
Leander has made many unpleasant allegations against you...
I know. He is so publicity hungry.
He says that you are wild, bohemian...
Fantastic, I love it! Ask him to prove these allegations. The court wants evidence. His lies hurt me but my truth will kill him.
He also says you have a volatile temper...
Lovely, can he prove it? And now he wants the custody of our daughter. Which court will give him the custody when he has hardly been involved in her parenting? He doesn't even know where she is at any point of the day. From her report cards you can see that she is doing well. I am involved in her academics while Leander is not in the country for more than six weeks a year.
When did things go wrong?
Nothing was ever hunky dory. I was just saving my marriage for the sake of my child. I had made peace with myself but there came a point when I decided that we needed to separate. His ego couldn't accept my decision.
Was Leander cheating on you?
Yes.
Since when?
From Day 1.
He says that you lied to him about your divorce with Sanjay Dutt claiming that you got it in 2006 while the decree came through in 2008?
My divorce did come later but I did not lie to him.
Apparently, he wants you to leave the house now?
I am not interested in staying here. Who wants to live a life full of fights, blackmails and accusations? But first he needs to start a trust fund for our child's security. We will happily leave him then. But first behave like a responsible father, Mr Leander Paes.
Such behaviour doesn't benefit a Padma Bhushan?
Ufff, do you know that he has been going around saying that I didn't allow our child to accompany him to the award function. Why would I do that?
Will you give the custody of your child to him?
No way, never!
LEANDER'S LAWYER SAYS
This is Leander's home. Leander has instructed his staff to prepare the guest room where his parents normally stay for their arrival and Rhea had placed some of her artifacts there. This police complaint seems like a bid on Rhea's part to create controversy and gain sympathy and stop Leander's parents from staying. Please be clear, this is NOT the room that Rhea's been using as a bedroom.
- Zulfikar Memon, MZM Legal, Leander's lawyer
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