Lalit Modi and Michael Clarke shattered the internet by publishing previously unseen footage of the infamous slapgate incident in 2008 between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth during the Indian Premier League’s inaugural season. The old tape quickly spread throughout the internet and became viral, breaking multiple headlines about one of the most contentious events in Indian cricket history.
After witnessing the video, Sreesanth’s wife, Bhuvneshwari, has come forward and vehemently slammed the duo’s film, which they put to YouTube for personal benefit, calling it cheap and filthy.
She went on to say that Sreesanth and Harbhajan had worked out their problems and had long since moved on.
She proceeded to her official Instagram account to share the incident, which quickly gained attention.
“Shame on you Lalit Modi and Michael Clarke. You people are not even human to drag up something from 2008 just for your own cheap publicity and views. Both Sreesanth and Harbhajan [Singh] have long moved on, they are fathers now with school-going children, and yet you try to throw them back into an old wound. Absolutely disgusting, heartless, and inhuman,” she wrote in her Instagram story on Friday, August 29.
Bhuvneshwari further went on to say that her husband faced a lot of hardships in his cricketing career, but has overcome all of them with a lot of grace. She further said that the video surfacing on the internet is largely disturbing for families of both the players, especially their children, who will be questioned in the public without being at fault themselves.
“Sreesanth has rebuilt his life with dignity and grace after every hardship he faced. As his wife, and as the mother of his children, it is deeply painful for our family to see this resurface after 18 long years. Families are being forced to relive trauma that was buried decades ago only so you can chase views. This doesn’t just hurt the players, it scars their innocent children, who now have to face questions and shame for no fault of theirs.
You should be sued for doing something so cheap and inhumane. Sreesanth is a man of strength and character, and no video can take that dignity away from him. Fear God before you hurt families and innocent children for your own gain,” another story on the same day read.
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