Sushant Singh Rajput used to smoke marijuana: Rhea Chakraborty

In an interview with a news channel Rhea Chakraborty revealed that the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput used to take marijuana even before he met her.The actress said, "Yes, Sushant used to smoke marijuana, he used to take it even before he met me. He started this during Kedarnath. I used to control him in this department only. He was a man of his own choices and nobody could stop him." Rhea however dismissed all allegations of her doing drugs. On being asked if she used to take drugs, she added, "I don’t want to hurt the investigations. I do know Gaurav Aarya (hotelier). I have never taken MDMA."Also, Rhea had earlier said in a statement via her lawyer, denying claims that she has ever used drugs. "Rhea has never consumed drugs in her life ever. She is ready for a blood test," her lawyer Satish Maneshinde said.

During this hullabaloo, TV channels also accessed WhatsApp chats between Rhea and other members of Sushant’s staff which point towards drug usage. In a January 2020 exchange, Sushant’s Samuel Miranda texted Rhea, "Hi, can you give Dipesh Rs 17,000 for 2 bags of weed? 1 for us & another for him & he will transfer it to us," to which she replied, "Ya, we could." Sushant’s father KK Singh said in a self-made video, "Rhea Chakraborty was giving poison to my son, Sushant for a long time, she is his murderer.

The investigating agency must arrest her and her associates."Rhea has been named in the FIR filed by Sushant’s father KK Singh, who has accused her and her family members of abetment to suicide. She recently requested the Mumbai Police for protection as she feels that ‘there is a threat’ to her and her family’s lives, post which policemen were posted outside the actor’s residence in Mumbai.