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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Yoruba Actor Yemi Solade Battles Sexual Harassment Scandal


The incident, which is totally embarrassing, started one month ago when the actor sent a friendship request on popular social networking site, Facebook, to the lady identified as Mrs. Ladipo. She narrated: “I accepted his friendship request because I recognised him as an actor. After accepting his friend request, we started doing...

normal chatting and along the line, exchanged Blackberry pin. But unknown to me, his intention was beyond the normal relationship as he began to disturb me for something else, but I politely told him it is impossible because I’m happily married.
“At a point, I felt it was someone impersonating him. But I got the biggest shock of my life when he started sending me his nude pictures and sorts. He later called on phone and I recorded the conversation. In fact, that was when I was convinced that he was actually the one harassing me sexually.”
In some of the pictures (like the one above), the actor snapped himself with a mobile phone from head to chest level, also there is very 'controversial' one which shows a man’s private organ, according to NollywoodReel.
To prove her seriousness about taken a legal action against Yemi Solade, Mrs. Ladipo disclosed that she has already informed Senator Abike Dabiri, chairman House of Reps committee on Diaspora and Funmi Ikeji, a woman activist about the issue, stressing that further actions will follow shortly.
“When I informed him that I will expose him, he said people will not believe me because he is a star. He said people will rather believe his own words, not mine,” Mrs. Ladipo added.
When contact about the matter the actor did not deny meeting the lady online, he however described her claims as baseless. In his words: "She lied to me that she is a lawyer in US, but with the way she was speaking, it is obvious that she is not one. She had been disturbing me on facebook and bb (blackberry) until I deleted her. I’m sure that is why she is saying all these."
On the incriminating pictures which she intends to use as evidence against him, here is what he has to say: "I’m an actor and can take pictures without wearing a shirt or just with boxer shorts, so what she is saying is irrelevant. Even if I want a relationship, there are many ladies here in Nigeria that I could date, not someone like her. I don’t want to join issues with a faceless person like her, so let’s forget it. I don’t even know her."
Well, if you ask me, I think there's more to this story than the public is being told. I don't think actors go about about taking naked pictures except if such is relevant to a movie or something. And as for the lady, why can't she just block him or delete him entirely if she's not 'interested'? I guess we'll know more as time goes on.
Addition report by PMNews.

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