July 19th 2023.
An Indian-origin designer based in New York has accused Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, the popular Italian brand owner, of stealing her patented designs and commissioning them to a rival company. According to the complainant, 30, she lost Rs80 crore due to this. Furthermore, she alleges that the accused even demanded sexual favours from her.
The Matunga Police have registered a case against nine people including Valentino, his company, and staffers, and other Indians named Rameka Angela, Sheela Bulchandani, Vivekananda Bulchandani, and others.
The complainant works from New York for the company and outsources all the items from the office located in Matunga. She claims to have pioneered certain unique knitting and sewing techniques which are known as ‘Intarsia’ and ‘sandwich patch’. She further alleges that these were taken, used, and copied by Valentino without her consent.
The complainant also claims that employees from Valentino’s entered her office in Matunga, and unlawfully took pictures and videos of her designs. Moreover, she claims that they asked other companies to recreate her designs without her consent and brought them for cheaper prices. This led to her company losing over Rs80 crores, she said.
In her complaint, the complainant also added that she was asked for sexual favours by some of Valentino’s employees when she tried to confront them.
The Matunga Police have registered a case against all the nine accused under sections 354, 420, 120B, 506, among others of the Indian Penal Code. The case is currently under investigation.
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