Sattvik denied the matter to Newslaundry, and said the conversation did not have “any sexual undertones”. The injunction suit said that Samdish’s complaint and resignation were received on October 20 whereas his contract had already ended on September 30 and was pending renewal. The suit filed by WhoopScoop asking for an injunction said that Samdish had been demanding more equity as the news vertical Unscripted was “purely an outcome of his labour” and that he was “picking up fights with team members”. Samdish had filed the complaint with the ICC and reportedly sent in his resignation on October 20, the same day that ScoopWhoop’s takeover with Good Glamm group had been announced. Two days after the incident, Sattvik allegedly sent Samdish an apology. It adds that Avalok “gathered information” about the night in question and told Samdish that Rishi Mukherjee (present interim CEO and another co-founder) was worried about the deal with Good Glamm being jeopardised if the matter was out in public. He added that on October 9, a day after the incident, Avalok called Samdish to the premises of the company “on the pretext of talking about the role of the undersigned and Mr Langer”. He made three demands in his complaint - that a committee be constituted without Sriparna as a member to look into his complaints, that Sattvik step down as CEO, and that a thorough and impartial investigation be carried out. Samdish said he informed Avalok Langer of the incident over a phone call after he left Sattvik’s residence. Samdish also said that Sriparna witnessed the incident from another room but did not intervene. He accused Sattvik of verbal and physical sexual assault while the two were alone together, and said that Sattvik wanted sexual favours in return for Samdish getting a higher equity in the company. When the two returned to Sattvik’s home, his wife and the company’s co-founder Sriparna Tikekar were also present, Samdish said in his complaint, along with the couple’s infant daughter, their househelp and a cat. Samdish, in his sexual assault complaint to the company, said that Sattvik made an “unwelcome, unsolicited, and uncalled assault” on him at the latter’s residence. To discuss the operational aspects and decide on the equity and other nitty-gritties, the two - Samdish and Sattvik met up at a bar with ScoopWhoop creative director Avalok Langer on October 7, following which after the bar was closing, continued at Sattvik Mishra’s house, with Avalok leaving. Due to this, it was decided that the news division would be spun off under a company called WhoopScoop, which would also house Unscripted. However, as part of the deal, Unscripted couldn’t be sold as Indian rules mandate that foreign direct investment in Indian news media companies cannot exceed 26%. The lead up to the incident reportedly started with the sale of ScoopWhoop to the Good Glamm group, which was announced on October 20, 2021. I have been denied my truth and punished for just wanting to live my life,” he alleged. “I was sexually assaulted by the CEO of ScoopWhoop Pvt Ltd, Sattvik Mishra. “After the trauma of what happened came the other traumatic experience of how the organisation chose to deal with it and how they continue to do so, since they have made a clear choice to side with one of the senior most people organisation,” he wrote, adding that he was “infantilised, disrespected and gaslighted.” In an Instagram post on February 7, he named Sattvik. On January 14, in an Instagram post, Samdish said he was assaulted, but did not reveal any details or name the alleged perpetrator. On October 30, 2021, Samdish announced that he was no longer part of Unscripted and that he was leaving ScoopWhoop.
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