Actor John Vijay has been accused of harassment by a series of women. Recently, singer Chinmayi Sripada took to her X (formerly known as Twitter) handle and shared screenshots of the complaints against the actor.
It all started after a woman journalist, who was covering the sexual misconduct in Malayalam cinema a few days ago, claimed that John made advances on her while waiting for an interview. Since then, Chinmayi has been sharing screenshots of several complaints against the actor. In the screenshots, some are seen accusing John of ‘ogling’ and making women feel ‘uncomfortable’ at workplaces. One of the journalists even claimed that the actor behaved inappropriately with her.
“After The Newsminute report about the Sexual Assault case of Malayalam cinema also mentioned John Vijay for his misdemeanour with the journalist. There are other women speaking about his behaviour in general,” Chinmayi wrote while sharing the screenshots and added, “More on John Vijay from others who read the post. One of them interviewed him on camera.”
John was accused by many women during the #MeToo movement in 2018. VJ, RJ and singer Sriranjani called him out for his behaviour. Chinmayi thanked her for sharing her story with the world and wrote, “Thank you Sriranjini for speaking up. I know you shared your story with me last week. I did receive 3 other girls narrating their own incidents about John Vijay. Find the strength girls. Speak up. Doesn’t matter if he is friends with your dad.”
However, it should be noted that John Vijay has not reacted to the allegations as of now.
In 2018, John opened up about the Me Too allegations when he told Firstpost, “Am a very transparent person who speaks my heart out. Not with any intentions or ulterior motives. I have understood that at times my jokes are not funny to everyone and may sound insensitive. When I really sense that someone does not appreciate what I say, is not on the same page and I am misunderstood, I remove myself from having further conversation or being present at that place.”
“I really do not remember the incidents quoted on Twitter, I have not met these people anywhere alone nor asked them out either. If my comments, that I thought was funny and witty, would have hurt anyone at any point of time I would like to take this opportunity to inform that I am also very emotionally hurt by my behaviour. This would be my lesson to know what to say to whom and when. I completely support this #metoo move movement. If I had not been pulled in I would have been one among the first to voice this cause and support this movement.”
John Vijay is known for his work in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.
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