Key facts
- Rhea Chakraborty says she is currently single
- Still dealing with trauma stemming from her 2020 arrest
- Arrest was linked to the Sushant Singh Rajput case
Rhea Chakraborty says she is single and still grappling with trauma in the aftermath of her 2020 arrest, making some of her most candid public remarks yet about the toll the experience took on her life.
Chakraborty was arrested in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case, a saga that dominated Indian news cycles and social media for months. The intense scrutiny, public vilification and legal proceedings left her, by her own account, deeply scarred — wounds she indicates have not fully healed.
Her decision to speak openly about ongoing trauma marks a notable moment for an actor who largely retreated from the spotlight after the legal storm. While she has made tentative steps back into public life and work, her personal life, she says, has not followed the same arc.
The statement is likely to reignite conversation about the psychological cost of high-profile arrests and media trials in India, where the line between news coverage and verdict-by-public-opinion is often blurred. For Chakraborty, the reckoning with that experience, it seems, is far from over.