Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar has denied all allegations made by his wife, Dhivya Sashidhar, including claims of ‘forced sex’ and accusations related to an open marriage. According to him the The San Francisco Standard report was for the ‘page views’. He called them “random allegations with almost no viewership.” Dhivya in an exclusive interview to The San Francisco Standard, she responded to what Prasanna had said earlier.
She said that Prasanna was a sexual predator. She also accused him of voyeurism. Prasanna was responding to India Today on his wife’s allegations. Calling them “random allegations with almost no viewership,” he added tha, “If it gets big, I’ll respond fully on X.” The San Francisco Standard recently published a report sharing Dhivya’s version of events. The report also presents evidence that supports her story. The couple’s initial exchange became fodder for online debates and people taking sides.
‘Worst Nightmare Of My Life’
Dhivya Sashidhar spoke about how her husband tried to control her and called it the “worst nightmare” of her life. She told The San Francisco Standard that in 2016, soon after she gave birth, Prasanna Sankar forced her into painful sex, saying it was a natural need for men. When she refused, he threatened her with consequences.
“Prasanna would come and tell me, ‘Look, sex is a primal need for me. You have to do it. It doesn’t matter, like, you know, how much pain you’re in,” Sashidhar revealed.
“He would literally, like, tell me that, you know, ‘If you don’t do it, then I want to go outside and get it,” she added. According to the report, in an email sent to Dhivya Sashidhar in December 2019, Prasanna Sankar admitted that he had contacted several escorts.
He said he had asked them for their photos and prices but then changed his mind and didn’t go through with it. “I’m super sorry for the stress this put on our marriage. I promise to never put our marriage in this position again,” he wrote as per the report. In another email the same day, Sankar proposed an open marriage, Which means opening their marriage to other partners. Sashidhar said that Prasanna Sankar shuttled her and their 9-year-old son from one country to another in a bid to evade taxes.
What Prasanna Said
Prasanna, on his part, replied to a post citing the article and asked, “Isn’t it fishy that suddenly I’m so bad.” He then questioned where these allegations were when they were dating for seven years and married for another 10? “Pure defamation with zero evidence,” he said. He called the article “lies she made to the court taken out and summarised.”
The Story
Prasanna Sankar, co-founder of Rippling and estimated to be worth $1.3 billion by Forbes, recently made headlines after sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter). He claimed he was “on the run” from Chennai police after his wife, Dhivya Sashidhar, filed a complaint accusing him of kidnapping their son. Sankar alleged that law enforcement was illegally tracking his phone location, car, UPI transactions, and IP address without even registering a formal case (FIR). He further claimed that Dhivya had an extramarital affair, while he was trying to gain custody of their son. However, Divya claimed that the authorities in San Francisco arrested her husband for soliciting prostitution, which led to him losing his job in the US.
