Look at the guts! Kailash Kher threatened the parents of the victim of sexual harassment who complained against him. Ashoke Pandit, the President of IFTDA (Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association) took to Twitter to call out Kailash and warned him to stop calling and threatening the parents of the victims who have named and shamed him publicly. He posted, “Will request @Kailashkher not to call up parents of those victims who have complained against him and threaten them of sending a legal notice. @ZWattal.” #MeToo in Bollywood: List of All Celebs Accused of Sexual Harassment So Far.
Popular singer Sona Mohapatra, who also accused Kher of sexual harassment earlier. asked the victim and her parents to stay strong. Extending her support, she tweeted saying, "Dear Parents,Girls,Women who are being intimidated in such a manner be it by Kailash Kher or anyone else, please know I will personally help you fight ur case, legally & every other way. There are many more like me who will step up to help you fight the good fight. Please RT this." #MeToo in Bollywood: Sajid Khan Asked Me To Strip Down and Seduce Him In Five Minutes Accuses Rachel White.
Check out the tweets here-
Dear Parents,Girls,Women who are being intimidated in such a manner be it by Kailash Kher or anyone else, please know I will personally help you fight ur case, legally & every other way. There are many more like me who will step up to help you fight the good fight. Please RT this https://t.co/aGCHHNQevT
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) October 12, 2018
This is so shameful! Instead of apologizing, he has the guts to go ahead and threaten the victim and her family. Now he will have to solemnly deal with the repercussions of this step. The nation is hit by the wave of the #MeToo movement. As far as Bollywood is concerned, names like Nana Patekar, Sajid Khan, Vikas Bahl, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Ganesh Acharya, Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai, Rajat Kapoor, Aditi Mittal and many more have cropped up.
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