Referring to online speculation, that the accused had purportedly called her 66 times, requesting for the video to be taken down, Rathore said, “he was fully aware of what he said. We asked him multiple times if he wanted us to remove any portions, but he declined. He said the entire podcast can go as is.” Rathore emphasised that there were no remorse-filled phone calls from Bhardwaj’s side, and that all rumours swirling on the internet were fake.