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India Lifts Gere Kiss Warrant

Posted Mar 15, 08 6:11 AM CDT in World,  Gossip 

(Newser) – An Indian court has lifted an arrest warrant for Richard Gere issued last year after he publicly kissed a Bollywood star on the cheek, AFP reports. Outraged Hindus held rallies and burned Gere in effigy after he planted a few kisses on Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness rally. "The case brings a bad name to the country," a justice from the country's Supreme Court said.

The kiss in front of an audience of Rajasthani truck drivers caused a media storm in India. Shetty, who had the warrant against her lifted last May, blamed the outrage and the public obscenity charges on the country's "lunatic fringe." Gere, who had been a frequent visitor to the country before the kissing row erupted, is now free to return to India without fear of arrest.

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Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left,prepares to hug Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty during and event for HIV-AIDS awareness.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, hugs and kisses Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during an event for HIV-AIDS awareness in New Delhi, India, in this March 15, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)
Richard Gere hugs and kisses Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during an event for HIV-AIDS awareness in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 15, 2007.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty blamed the media storm in India over the kiss on the country's Hindu "lunatic fringe."   (Getty Images)
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