The Me Too campaign was started over a year ago, with many people coming out as victims of sexual harassment and assault. It was promoted as a movement to support the victims. Lately, there have been many developments in this regard and many people have called out to their alleged sexual offenders and taken to their social media pages to share their incidents.
In this light, for the past few days, there have been many reports of sexual harassment against legendary lyricist Vairamuthu. Many women had claimed to have been harassed by him and it was let out on Twitter.
Popular singer and dubbing artiste Chinmayi had helped many women boldly bring to light, their experiences with harassment in various fields. Her Twitter handle is currently flooded with tweets that are accusations against several people.
She, along with many other women (a few identities revealed, and the others anonymous) had tweeted against Vairamuthu, following which there were more allegations against him that were brought to the forefront.
The veteran lyricist has released a video stating that all the allegations against him are false. He says: "Hello, all the allegations against me are totally false. The statements are made with personal vengeance. If the statements are true, the victims can file a case. I'm ready to face it.
I sat and had deep discussions with top class lawyers and thinkers for the past 1 week. I have accumulated loads of strong evidence and documentation. You can proceed with the case, I'm waiting to face it. Don't come to a judgement based on these accusations, let the court decide. I bow to justice. Thank you."