Asked To Take Clothes Off For Role In Film, Model Accuses Sajid Khan

Karishma Jha

Mumbai, September 11, 2020: During the #MEETOO movement in the year 2018, filmmaker Sajid Khan was accused of sexual harassment by many women. After this Sajid had to drop out of his existing film projects. Now model Paula has accused Sajid Khan of harassment. She has written about it on Instagram.

Paula witten – “WHEN #MEETOO MOVEMENT STARTED A LOT OF PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT SAJID KHAN BUT I DID NOT DARE TO BECAUSE LIKE EVERY OTHER ACTOR WHO HAS NO GOD FATHER AND HAD TO EARN FOR FAMILY I KEPT QUIT. NOW I DON’T HAVE MY PARENTS WITH ME I’M EARNING FOR MYSELF I CAN DARE TO TELL THAT I HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY SAJID KHAN AT THE AGE OF 17. HE SPOKE DIRTY TO ME HE TRIED TO TOUCH ME HE EVEN TOLD ME TO STRIP IN FRONT OF HIM JUST TO GET A ROLE IN HIS UPCOMING HOUSEFULL MOVIE

GOD KNOWS WITH HOW MANY GIRLS HE HAS DONE THIS
I’M COMING OUT NOW NOT FOR ANY PITTY PARTY IT’S JUST THAT I REALISED THAT HAD AFFECTED ME SO BAD WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK
BUT IT’S HIGH TIME NO?

THESE BASTARDS SHOULD BE BEHIND BARS NOT ONLY FOR CASTING COUCH BUT ALSO FOR MANIPULATING AND FOR STEALING AWAY YOUR DREAMS
BUT I DID NOT STOP!!!

BUT THE WRONG I DID WAS NOT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT”.

Sajid Khan was first accused by a woman journalist. After that actress, Saloni Chopra, Rachel White, Simran Suri also accused the director of sexual harassment. Taking serious consideration of these allegations, Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA) suspended Sajid for one year.

After this Farah Khan tweeted, “This is a hurting time for my family. We need to work on very difficult issues. If my brother has behaved like this, then he will have to bear the brunt. I do not support this behavior in any way and I am with them in solidarity with the hurt women.”