Saturday, October 6, 2018

Chinmayi: I was sexually harassed at 8

Chinmayi I was sexually harassed at 8Chinmayi Sripada has also joined #MeToo Campaign. It is known news that Telugu actress Sri Reddy is fighting against the casting couch in the film Industry. Now only Sri Reddy, number of celebrities  from the film Industry are coming forward to reveal their sexual harassment story. Popular Playback Singer Chinmayi Sripaada also revealed the she was sexually harassed when she was just 8 years old. She wrote on her Twitter, “I was 8, maybe 9. I was sleeping. My mom was supervising a recording session for her documentary. Felt a man in priestly robes feel up my privates and I woke up. Told her ‘that uncle is bad’. This was in the studio called Santhome Communications that still exists.”

 Chinmayi Sripada again tweeted, “It is very, very tough for women to remember accounts of when they were touched inappropriately; a ‘harmless’ hug that looks OK but makes them alone cringe.”

“To some men checking my shirt pocket to see if I had anything in them, thereby feeling my chest in my teens, having my first mobike accident that left my entire right arm scarred because of an eve teasing incident on Kilpauk bridge, a lot of us women learned to internalize”

“I was perhaps 19; again, veryyyyyy respected, wayy older man called me to his office on a pretext, my mom was with me, I was called in alone; we suspected nothing coz said man showed no such behaviour before,walked from behind his table, hugged me and felt me up.”

 Chinmayi Sripada also opened up about the Online Harassment she faced from Youtube Reviewer Prashanth for asking him not to call him sweetheart.   Chinamyi tweeted, “One of the successful ‘Youtube’ reviewers now – Prashanth offered to ‘support’ me and immediately launched into, ‘Dont worry sweetheart/darling I will Support you.’ Made me cringe; I deleted the DMs & said ‘Dont call me sweetheart’. He launched into a hate campaign right after.”



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