Celina Jaitly Files Domestic Violence Case Against Husband in Mumbai

Bollywood actress and former Miss India Celina Jaitly has filed a domestic violence complaint against her husband, Austrian entrepreneur Peter Haag, in a Mumbai court, alleging years of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal, and racial abuse. The petition, submitted on November 21 under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, details a pattern of cruelty that forced Jaitly to flee their home in Austria and return to India in the middle of the night, leaving behind their three children.

According to the court filing, handled by the law firm Karanjawala and Co., Jaitly, 47, claims Haag repeatedly made racist remarks, referring to her as a maidservant and comparing her appearance to his domestic help. One incident described in the petition occurred three weeks after the birth of their youngest son in 2017, when Jaitly's stitches had not yet healed. She alleges that after requesting Haag extend his paternity leave to assist with the children, he became enraged, called her thankless, grabbed her wrist, and physically pushed her out of their apartment while she was dressed only for breastfeeding. A neighbor intervened to help her.

The allegations extend to financial...