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Indian actor Rajat Kapoor accused of sexual harassment by three women

Indian actor Rajat Kapoor accused of sexual harassment by three women

Two women shared screenshots of the actor making inappropriate sexual advances towards them
08 Oct, 2018

India weeds out another Bollywood actor Rajat Kapoor for sexual harassment. This time, three women have spoken up against his misconduct towards them.

Last weekend, Sandhya Menon, an Indian journalist, took to Twitter to expose all the men in the industry who sexually harassed her and also encouraged other women to come forward with similar stories and name and shame the harassers.

Two women took the opportunity to call out Rajat Kapoor and shared screenshots of the actor making inappropriate sexual advances towards them.

During a phone interview with a Times of India journalist, Kapoor asked her, "Are you as sexy as you sound?" and continued to make her feel uncomfortable throughout the duration of the call.

Another shared that "he wanted me to shoot a film for him in an empty house" and inquired if she knew of any. It was only after the conversation that she realised what he meant.

The screenshots encouraged others to come forward with allegations against the actor.

Rajat took to Twitter to apologise for his misconduct and wrote, "If I have slipped and through my actions or words caused pain or hurt or trauma to absolutely anybody, please accept my apology."

After Tanushree Dutta came forward with sexual harassment allegations against Nana Patekar, women in India have been coming forward to expose the men in their respective industries at the hands of who they've faced harassment/assault.

Comments

Manoj Oct 08, 2018 02:03pm
Our natural instinct of believing women in such cases by default is coming under serious challenge.
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N abidai Oct 09, 2018 07:00am
BW has been male dominated , it is also the culture in south Asian countries, mr kapoor accepting his fault and apologizing , is progressive steps, however,only characters artists are bring outed, not the top icons!
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R.J. ALVA (Mangalore) Oct 09, 2018 01:35pm
what a shame
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Ahmad Oct 09, 2018 04:19pm
When everybody denied the allegations leveled against 'em, At least this Man has the Guts to Come Out and Apologize.
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Vijay B. Oct 10, 2018 08:54pm
Every man who could, tried to carve out his pound of flesh.
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Neeraj Oct 11, 2018 08:02am
@Manoj lol! Typical male mentality!
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Ankur Oct 11, 2018 09:23am
@N abidai Nope. Sorry isn't enough. You can't get away with a sorry in the west. This is punishable offensive and he should be prosecuted and sidelined. As my teacher would rebuke us when angry: 'Sorry' and 'Thank you', the British has ruined us with these two words.
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