British Bollywood actress 'detained in Dubai for two months over Instagram post' from phone mo Watch Video
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Description: A British Bollywood actress claims she was detained in Dubai for two months after she threatened to post about a friend on social media.<br/><br/>Sofia Hayat, 39, who has starred Waterloo Road and in the Indian version of Big Brother, was on a week long trip when she got in trouble.<br/><br/>She fell out with someone she claims borrowed money from her - and she threatened to out them on Instagram, she said.<br/><br/>She thought nothing of it until she tried to get on a flight - when her passport was seized by police who put her in a cell for six hours, questioning her for a further six hours, she claims.<br/><br/>Sofia had unknowingly broken strict laws around posting defamatory comments on social media.<br/><br/>Told to stay in Dubai - and without her passport - she was forced to rent AirBnbs in Dubai for two months.<br/><br/>Sofia from Battersea, London, was finally allowed home without a fine or imprisonment after she was brought before a judge, she says.<br/><br/>But she claims her extended stay cost her £20,000 - and she lost a further £20,000 of business as a spiritual healer while she was away.<br/><br/>Speaking now she is back in the UK, Sofia said: \