Actor and former Bigg Boss Tamil contestant Daniel Annie Pope recently found himself embroiled in a controversy after screenshots of his alleged chats with a minor girl went viral on social media. An Instagram user had also accused Daniel of sexually assaulting a young girl. The actor has now responded to the claims.

Denying all the allegations levelled against the actor, Daniel's advocate has mentioned that the accusers were attempting to damage Daniel's reputation in the society using defamatory words. The statement posted by Daniel on his Instagram page read.

"Under instructions from my client Mr. Daniel Annie Pope, I hereby issue this notice as follows:

1. My client states that for the past four days there is a rumour spreading over in social media like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc., about my client which is fake, baseless, and vague allegations against him.

2. My client further states that you are all working to damage his reputation in the society by using defamatory words.

Therefore I hereby call upon you all to withdraw all the allegations, memes, videos, which were uploaded against my client immediately from the social medias otherwise my client will be initiating criminal complaint in cyber cell, Chennai and file a defamation case against you and liable to face a consequences thereof. S Raghuman, Advocate."

Alleged screenshots of Daniel's conversation with a 17-year-old girl, asking for her pictures/contact number went viral on social media recently. Further, an Instagram user identified as Jason Samuel also posted a video claiming that Daniel had sexually assaulted a youngster. "The Aggravated Sexual Harassment by Daniel Annie Pope & Victim's Testimony. Trigger Warning: Aggravated Sexual Assault. From morning we have seen chat screenshots first exposed by @bitchparotta @vadivelumemes and @thenuchu_sollitom. Take a look at this video to see this creepy stalker, perving on clearly underage girls and committing aggravated sexual harassment on one such victim of his chats," he had written alongside the video.

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