If the assault charge is true, the assaulted will get a sizeable sum not to pursue the complaint.
SRK is getting lot of tv time; how IPL will benefit, I am not sure.
Two days ago, son of BCCI chief Srinivasan was in a similar spot in mumbai. When the restaurant refused to serve drinks after 1:30 am and asked him to settle the bill of rs. 28,000, he assaulted the staff and a policeman.
It is difficult to get a conviction in such cases because the witnesses will do multiple somersaults. The prosecution and the defence work together to fool all.