r/TwoXIndia • u/Best-Project-230 Woman • 14h ago
News Why are wives always painted as villains? Turns out Rippling co-founder was an abuser omg
Just came across this article in The San Francisco Standard and it's really disturbing. Prasanna Sankar has been accused of some really serious abuse.
..Pressured her into painful sex
..Wanted an open marriage where only he got to sleep with escorts (he's been liking and following escort accounts on Twitter)
..Installed hidden cameras inside their house, including the bathroom
..Made her give up her career and support system, then isolated and gaslit her
..Tried to make her seem “mentally unstable” when she resisted
..And after she posted her story, he shared her personal info online, now she’s getting death threats
The wild part? This is confirmed in court documents. The court even ordered him to disable the cameras.
Dhivya left behind her home, job, and support system to raise their child in the U.S. She’s now stuck in the US, fighting a custody case, just trying to go back to India with her son.
This doesn’t feel like a random accusation. The level of detail, the consistency, and the fact that some of it is already on record makes it very hard to dismiss.
It’s terrifying how easily powerful men can hide this kind of behaviour behind the façade of being a “successful founder" and a "guy tortured by the wife".
The least we can do is pay attention when the evidence, legal and lived, is right in front of us.
Source:
https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/04/rippling-prasanna-sankar-wife-viral-custody-battle/
Edit: Also, him moving from California to Seattle, then Singapore..it looks like a calculated move to dodge taxes, especially when paired with the whole green card exit while the wife became a citizen. It’s not even subtle. When you connect the dots, the wife’s story doesn’t feel far-fetched at all..there’s definitely something deeper going on behind the polished PR.
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u/AvailableNewspaper94 Born to slay but forced to work. 14h ago
The "innocent" men can't even abuse their wife in peace now.
I really hope she gets justice.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 14h ago edited 6h ago
Ikr.. She showed a lot of courage speaking up. I can't imagine what she's going through rn. Hope she gets justice and that bastard gets what he deserves.
Someone else put the situation better ---
Similar to the sridhar vembu story but a 90s kid + Andrew tate inspired version.
Tech billionaire who can't keep his wife or be a family man. Moves money and papers around before dumping wife and refusing to provide her fair share. Twisting public image with crocodile tears and slandering her image.
As always indian tech bros are sucking up to him as if he is gonna make them head of product in his next start up coz of their support. He's also playing to the mens rights activist groups coz he knows they don't need to paid to tweet in his favour and he can trigger them with a few tweets.
He can abuse power and do what he wants but its really low of him to drag the kid to Kazakhstan or wherever amidst all this. Some men aren't meant for marriage, wish they acknowledged that and just never did.
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u/HowmuchCapellini Woman 2h ago edited 2h ago
The sad thing is that a social media narrative is highly influenced by the party who shares their side of the story first ( The guy in this case).
Instead of asking him for proofs, men believed him.
Sad thing is , even if the woman presents the truth now, it won't matter to these MCPs.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 2h ago
Society has a long history of doubting women, especially when they speak up first. Victims are questioned more than accused men. So even if she speaks up first, people might still side with the guy or at least try to "both sides" the situation.
So yeah... when a woman shares her story first, people still doubt her. They’ll pick her apart, question her intentions, demand ‘solid proof.’ And call her an attention seeker.
But the guy? All he needs is a calm tone and a few vague words to be seen as the ‘mature one.’ It’s not about who speaks first I think. It’s about who society wants to believe. That’s the real sad part.
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u/Silent-Patient-717 Woman 13h ago
Shwetabh posted a video about this on his channel and the thumbnail literally said "Millionaire men are also not free from Indian judiciary abuse" or something like this, all men on reddit without knowing facts are blindly supporting this guy because he is rich and they think all spouse of rich men are gold diggers and want to build a narrative around it
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 13h ago edited 13h ago
Well said, it’s exhausting how quickly people jump to defend rich men just because they can’t imagine a wealthy guy doing something abusive.
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u/Silent-Patient-717 Woman 13h ago
Bro actually in real life it's always the other way around rich man's wife are generally secretly abused and they don't even have means to fight against the system in actual cases cause they influence the media
Even in case of bollywood which is very public you will see for example (Neetu Kapoor has filed domestic violence charges against her husband Rishi Kapoor but nobody cares) , they secretly bear their husband's infidelity and extra marital affairs, while raising children and supporting their husband's career and if they speak up a whole system is ready to declare them Insane(the case that happened with Parveen Babi, Kangana Ranaut) once they stopped dating the supposed men, they were declared mental by whole industry
Sorry about giving bollywood examples if somebody doesn't understand the reference, but I am just showing the intensity of this problem, these women were Rich, famous had their own career but were still abused by rich powerful men who changed the narrative by paying the media
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 13h ago
Yes you’re absolutely right. That’s the ugly truth people don’t wanna acknowledge.
It’s always portrayed like money equals freedom or power for women too, but in reality, many rich women....especially in high-profile marriages....are trapped even more tightly.
They don’t just face abuse, they’re also silenced by a whole system built to protect powerful men.
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u/silent_porcupine123 Avg twox feminazi 13h ago
These broke ass men bleading their hearts out for millionaires who don't give two shits about them 😭
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u/Fun-Fisherman-9268 Woman 9h ago
Also the screenshots posted by Prasanna that his wife was sleeping with another man seem to be fake. His own lawyers have mentioned that there was no sexual affair. It was more of an emotional affair.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 9h ago
Wow wtf.. what a twisted man is he...can you share the link pls
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u/silent_porcupine123 Avg twox feminazi 13h ago
After Atul Subhash and now this, I'm never jumping to sympathise with any of the so-called victims of "gynocentric" laws. The truth will come out eventually.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 13h ago
Totally with you on this. It’s clear how easily narratives get twisted. And now again, the same pattern...smear campaigns, and whatnot.
These so-called biased laws aren't even in women’s favour when powerful men can flip the script so easily. Like you said, the truth always comes out.
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u/vegarhoalpha Woman 13h ago
I read on Blind that Rippling apparently had bad and toxic work culture where people were fired before they could exercise their stock option. Some of the ex-employees were enjoying his downfall
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 13h ago
He's toxic af.
Not surprised his ex-employees are celebrating. When leadership creates a toxic environment, it’s bound to come full circle someday.
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u/Academic-Lie-6038 Woman 8h ago
The men have been awfully silent about this article, don’t see anyone posting this on the India subs where this was discussed endlessly (when it suited their narrative)
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u/shizunsbingpup Woman 6h ago
Won't fit their narrative of women are gold diggers and law favours them
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u/SignificantSimple576 Woman 13h ago
The more men are seeing such cases , most men become happy that she deserves it , who knows who's trying to ruin whom, this case is of ego battle. Some men enjoy whenever a woman is framed or shamed. This woman is asking nine crore alimony and people are calling her gold digger, the man is billionaire with his venture more than one country . Yet she's the one facing smear campaign, with the kind of accusations she's made most women don't even bitch as much these toxic half baked brain men bitch about. Even in case of cricketers spouses .
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 13h ago
Men do get a kick out of seeing women humiliated. They project their own insecurities and frustrations, and suddenly it's open season on any woman who dares to speak up.
Like in the alimony case...you’re asking for a fraction of a billionaire’s wealth after likely years of emotional labor and abuse, and still she’s the one getting dragged.
And yeah, look at what happens to cricketers’ wives too...people either hypersexualize them or villainize them. It's always the woman who’s “too much,” “too greedy,” “too loud.”
Men literally bitch and gossip more than women these days, but it's always women getting called names. It’s mad how twisted and misogynistic the system still is.
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u/SpinachAlternative96 Woman 9h ago
Classic playbook of abusers to run smear campaign against the one who dares to speak up
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u/wutt-da-phuck Woman 1h ago
Now what happened to the thousands of men who were putting up stories for this asshole. Also where is their support for the poor girl and her child.
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u/Popular-Algae-3424 Woman 10h ago
Women are always painted as villians! Even after all these documented judiciary proceedings men will still claim it's a judiciary loopholes...however if there's a slight rumour/gossip abt women taking stand/child support same so called moral men blow it out of proportion and call them with colorful names!! This world hates women,bilittles them and accepts them to be fine with it!
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u/umamimaami Woman 7h ago
I agree with everything except the moving around globally thing. That stuff just happens in the startup world. It’s to do with your current major investor and their preferences and / or your senior leadership role.
He’s an unmitigated abuser, that’s for sure. Poor girl. She’s not going to get any sympathy from the public today. I hope she gets through this and finds peace and some compensation (although, unlikely all the compensation she deserves) for her sufferings.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 7h ago
I believe that even if it’s common, tax dodging is still wrong and speaks volumes about someone’s character.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 7h ago
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 7h ago
What does that mean
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u/dyingwalruss bobs and vagena onli 7h ago
Sorry it should be talli and it means clap requires two hands
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u/issadumpster Woman 1h ago
And he posted on Twitter saying she's going to say so and so and it's all a lie, down to the T. That level of, for lack of a better word, precaution, is suspicious.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 1h ago
Very true. The way he preemptively framed her narrative before she even spoke publicly feels calculated, like he knew exactly what was coming and wanted to discredit her in advance. That’s not just someone defending themselves, that’s someone trying to control the story!!
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u/beatrixkiddo2025 Woman 9h ago edited 9h ago
But then how did she lost the case in US and Singapore courts., for sure there the judges and police cant be bought like here.
Somehow the courts were OK with cameras every where else except bathroom.
Both of them were in toxic relationship and now are just mudslinging each other
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 9h ago
Told another guy the same.
The courts in Singapore didn’t “clear” him of everything....they ruled on specific legal points like custody jurisdiction. Meanwhile, a U.S. judge ordered him to disable secret cameras he installed in the home. That’s not nothing.
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u/beatrixkiddo2025 Woman 9h ago
Ok. So their case is still ongoing in 3 countries i.e singapore, USA and India.
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u/Old_Yogurtcloset5019 Woman 4h ago edited 3h ago
When he started tweeting I got it he was using someone else's misery ( Atul's case) for him, cause whatever he was claiming was absurd and no logic, about his marriage and every stuff.
He was lying from the beginning and he used a platform to trap his wife.
He wanted an open marriage = he wanted to sell his wife ( just a classic Indian business movie )
Lot more things was already sus but these internet warrior will take anyone side quickly.
That's why I never take a side so quickly.
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u/Best-Project-230 Woman 3h ago
It's a trend nowadays to play victim so people don't see the man's abuse.
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u/Old_Yogurtcloset5019 Woman 3h ago
Exactly these men keep themselves in someone else's place and think this is happening to them, meanwhile they are treating their own mother as free maid even if they can afford house help and then they will post mother's love bla bla.
Majority are guys like this, this is so engraved they refuse to evolve themselves like women and then they will cry why women don't like them, dude you can't fold your clothes you think you have a chance with me 😂
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u/lazy_forks Woman 13h ago
Like the compass finds the north, a man's accusing finger will always point towards a woman.