Anu says: I’m not guilty Sona says: Go to a sex rehab
Music composer Anu Malik’s long-awaited explanation on sexual harassment allegations, were greeted with fiery rebuttals by musicians who has accused him of sexual misconduct. Sona Mohapatra tweeted her eight-point reply, saying, “Anu Malik finally wrote back to all of us last evening. My response to him, next to his letter. In case mine is too long to read, have also attached a shorter, crisper one. #India @IndiaMeToo.”
Earlier on Thursday, Malik broke his year-long silence, posting a lengthy explanation, saying that he is wrongly accused. “It has been over a year that I’ve been accused of something that I haven’t done. I’ve been silent all this while as I was waiting for the truth to surface on its own. But I realise that my silence on the matter has been misconstrued as my weakness,” he wrote, adding the allegations have taken a toll on his and his family’s mental health and has left him “traumatised, tarnishing my career.”
Sona questioned Malik, who throughout his post, defended himself by saying that he wouldn’t commit “the acts he is accused of”, since he is a father of “two daughters”. “Being a father of two daughters doesn’t prove anything. Clearly it hasn’t held your libido back. History has shown us that multiple times in multiple real live stories. ‘Some’ Men will just be that .. .The show must go on. Without you. Don’t jeopardise the hard work of so many people & the dreams of so many contestants just for your personal glory & ambitions,” she wrote. Sona concluded the response by accepting Malik’s challenge of taking the legal route. Singer Neha Bhasin has also accepted Malik’s challenge, saying, “My intention has never been to spoil anyone’s career. But I think that’s inconsequential to me standing up to someone who has wronged women. As far as him going to court is concerned, that is his legal right and mine as well, to defend. So I’m not afraid to do that. Also, I want to be with
Sona and join alliances with all women who have been wronged to bring justice to the table.”