Anu Malik Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Questions 'Why These Allegations Resurface Only When I Am Back On TV?'
Anu Malik Deniess All #MeToo Allegations
Updated : November 15, 2019 10:39 AM IST
The MeToo movement started off from the west and it literally swept the globe off its feet. The heat was felt in our part of the world too when a number of artists from the film industry openly voiced their sexual harassment episodes out in the open. Many big names from the industry were outed. One of them was music composer Anu Malik.
Anu Malik Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Questions 'Why These Allegations Resurface Only When I Am Back On TV?'
Singers like Sona Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin Shweta Pandit hurled dirty allegations of sexual harassment on the composer. These singers also called out to Sony Entertainment Television for reinstating Anu Malik as the judge of a singing reality show on their channel after he was ousted in the previous seasons following the dirty allegations against him.
The singer-composer might have been too embarrassed to open his mouth about it but now he has decided to talk about it. .. He released an elaborate statement on his official Twitter account stating that he was waiting for justice and so he didn’t speak up earlier. Anu Malik in his post said that he was waiting for the truth to surface on its own. But he realised that his silence on the matter has been misconstrued as his weakness.
He wrote, “Ever since the false and unverified allegations were levelled against me, it has not only ruined my reputation but affected me and my family’s mental health left us traumatized and tarnished my career. I feel helpless like I am being cornered and suffocated.”
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He further harped on the fact that such allegations came to the forefront only when he was seen on TV. He went on, “It’s disgraceful that at this age, at this stage in my life I have to watch the most slanderous words and horrifying incidents being associated with my name. Why wasn’t this spoken about before? Why do these allegations resurface only when I am back on television, which is currently my only source of livelihood? Being a father of two daughters, I can’t imagine committing the acts that I am accused of, let alone do it.”
He wrapped up his written tirade saying he will now take matters to the court. “Fighting a battle on social media is an endless process, at the end of which nobody wins. If this keeps on continuing, I will have no option but to knock on the doors of the courts to safeguard myself.”
He further stressed on how all he wants is justice! He concluded saying, “I don’t know how much more slander and dirt my family and I can take. The show must go on. But behind this happy face. I am in pain. I am in a dark space. And justice is all I want.”