Naga Chaitanya moves court against viral post claiming he cheated on Samantha
Delhi High Court issues notice on Naga Chaitanya’s plea on alleged defamatory content regarding his past relationship with Samantha Ruth Prabhu. His lawyer said that this material amounts to trolling. Protection of his personality rights was also demanded in the case.
The Delhi High Court issued notice on a petition filed by actor Naga Chaitanya over defamatory content and false stories about his relationship with Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The petition also seeks protection of her personality rights against the use of her image and video.
According to the actor’s lawyer, advocate Vaibhav Gaggar, a bench of Justice Jyoti Singh on May 29 issued an interim injunction against the use of Chaitanya’s name and images and also issued notices to websites that hosted the allegations related to his relationship with Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The court order was not available till the time of writing. The lawyer said that the bench had directed that it would issue an interim order.
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what happened in court
During the hearing, Gaggar told the court that some online content had falsely portrayed the actor as cheating on Samantha and claimed that he had ruined her career. “This is trolling, this is not fair criticism,” the lawyer told the court.
Samantha and Naga Chaitanya’s relationship
In October 2021, Samantha and Naga Chaitanya announced their separation on social media after four years of marriage. In their statement, they said that after much deliberation, they have decided to separate as husband and wife and move forward on their own path.
They also said that they are fortunate to have over a decade old friendship which is the core of their relationship and will always hold a special bond. The duo requested fans, well-wishers and the media to support them in the difficult times and give them the privacy they need to move forward.
Both of them met on the set This mother chases away In 2009. They started dating during shooting in 2014 Autonagar SuryaAnd Samantha publicly confirmed the relationship in September 2016. They got married in Goa in 2017.
Later developments
After their separation, Naga Chaitanya later married actor Sobhita Dhulipala in a traditional Telugu Hindu ceremony at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad on December 4, 2024.
Meanwhile, Samantha married filmmaker Raj Nidimoru in an intimate ceremony at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore on December 1, 2025.