The casting couch topic in the film industry continues to stir. It is known that many actresses have already started a movement in the name of Meetu saying that they have been sexually harassed. Recently, a former model and nine other Bollywood actresses were charged with sexual harassment and rape.
The 28-year-old former model has lodged a complaint of rape and sexual harassment against nine Bollywood actresses at the Bandra police station. The lawsuit was filed by actor-producer Jackie Bhagnani, photographer Colston Julian, talent management company Quan Entertainment founder Anirban Bla and T-Series company Krishan Kumar. The model claims that she was sexually harassed every week between 2014 and 2019 under the guise of giving her acting opportunities. Police also registered an FIR based on the model complaint.
Filed under Section 376 (repeated rape) as well as Section 354 (sexual harassment) of the IPC. Not only them but their names like Nikhil Kamath, Sheel Gupta, Guru Jyot Singh and Krishna Kumar are also in the FIR. However, some of the nine say they also have ties to the Telugu film industry.
Some of them responded by accusing her of deliberately blackmailing them. They say the allegations against them are false and motivated. She claimed that she had filed an FIR with baseless allegations that those attempts to blackmail her had failed. We will have to wait and see how far this item goes.
As per the detailed report a model complained to the Mumbai cops against nine high-profile men on sexual harassment and physical assault.