Payal Ghosh attacked those who questioned his allegations of sexual assault against Anurag Kashyap. “People blame women for everything and then crush the patriarchy. It is time to support women. Let them be heard. A repressed voice is a generation of oppressed women. It’s 2020. Come on, India! #MeToo, ”he wrote on Twitter.
In another tweet, Payal criticized those who feel she is taking advantage of the Me Too movement, and questioned whether they would feel the same if the women in her family were raped. “People who say it is for politics and that I am misusing the situation. Imagine (God forbid) your sister or daughter in my position, it can even be the mother .. and then let’s talk. You would go to war against such men. It’s not like that? PERIOD !! “, wrote.
Payal has alleged that Anurag ‘forced himself (her)’ during a professional meeting a few years ago. She told ANI that she will file an FIR against him at the Oshiwara police station on Monday night. She also said that her defender Nitin Satpute will write to Maharashtra’s Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh and seek safety as there is a threat to her life.
Anurag, for his part, has denied the allegations and called them “fictitious. His lawyer, Priyanka Khimani, said in a statement: “My client, Anurag Kashyap, has been deeply hurt by the false accusations of sexual misconduct that have recently been raised against him. These accusations are completely false, malicious and dishonest. “
“It is sad that a social movement as important as #metoo has been co-opted by vested interests and reduced to a mere tool for the murder of characters. Fictitious allegations of this nature seriously undermine the movement and seek to outright bargain with the pain and trauma of actual victims of sexual harassment and abuse. My client has been informed of his legal rights and remedies and intends to exercise them to the fullest extent possible, ”the statement added.
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Several Bollywood celebrities endorsed Anurag, including his ex-wife Kalki Koechlin. She responded by the fact that he fights for the integrity of women in the professional and personal space. “This strange moment where everyone is abusing each other and making false claims without repercussions is dangerous and repulsive. It is destroying families, friends and countries, ”he added.
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