More and more celebrities have come out with their own harrowing tales of sexual abuse and harassment just as women around the world come together under the #MeToo movement.
As per a report by The Indian Express, former Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen recently joined that list when she shared her experience at an event in Delhi and shocked everyone when she said a teenage boy harassed her.
The former Miss Universe was brought down to tears as she shared the incident;
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Talking about how being a female celebrity means people think they can do whatever they want Sen said, “So many times people think we don’t encounter things like misbehaviour because we have bodyguards. Let me tell you, even with ten bodyguards around, we are dealing with a crowd of at least a hundred men who have often managed to misbehave with us.”
Talking about the incident, the actress said, “Six months ago at an award function, a fifteen-year-old boy misbehaved with me as he thought I wouldn’t realise because of the crowd around. But, he was wrong. I grabbed his hand from my behind and I was shocked to see he was so young, he was just fifteen!”
“I held him by his neck and took him for a walk. I told him if I make a hue and cry, his life would be over. He denied having misbehaved at first, but I made sure he understood that I knew. He realised his mistake, said sorry and promised me that it will never happen again,” she explained.
The actor concluded, “I didn’t take an action against him because I understood that the fifteen-year-old was not taught that such things are an offence and not entertainment.”
