Overview

• The actors appeared on September 3 at the Nampally Metropolitan Magistrate Court to record statements in the case.
• The complaint invokes Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, moving the dispute into criminal defamation proceedings.
• Konda Surekha had publicly blamed BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao for the divorce of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu on October 2, 2024.
• Samantha later stated the divorce was mutual and amicable and urged respect for privacy, while the minister subsequently posted a withdrawal of her comments on X.
• Earlier steps included October 2024 witness statements from Yarlagadda Supriya and Venkateshwar Metla, and K. T. Rama Rao also initiated separate defamation action after a legal notice.