Shilpa Shetty has been cleared of charges in India nearly 15 years after the actress was kissed by actor Richard Gere in public.
Obscenity charges filed against the Bollywood actress were dismissed in a Mumbai court last week, the BBC reports. The charges against Shetty, 46, were ruled "groundless," and the court found that she was a victim of an unwanted advance from Gere, according to the outlet.
Shetty, who first skyrocketed to fame in India after appearing on "Celebrity Big Brother" in the United Kingdom was previously accused of being a "perpetrator" for not doing more to resist Gere's public kiss at the time it happened.
Actor Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty attend the OneXOne Gala at the Four Seasons Performance Centre on Sept. 9, 2007 in Toronto, Ontario. (George Pimentel/WireImage) The smooch took place in 2007 when Gere, now 72, planted a kiss on Shetty's cheek at an Aids awareness event in Delhi, India.The event was organized by Truckers Corporation of India Foundation and HIV-AIDS advocacy organization Heroes Project to help create awareness on unsafe sexual practices amongst the truckers community and prevention of the spread of HIV-AIDS.
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