Malayalam film actor and director Vineeth Sreenivasan has come to the defence of the actor nivin pauly Speaking about the rape allegations against him, earlier this week, a woman accused film star Pauly of sexually assaulting her in Dubai along with a few other people. She had claimed that the incident happened in November and December 2023 in Dubai when she was called on the pretext of being offered a role in films. Now, Vineeth has said that Nivin was with him from December 14 to the early hours of December 15 shooting for his film ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’.
Speaking to Malaysian TV channel Reporter Live, Vineeth said that Nivin was shooting with the crew in Kochi. He said that they were filming the climax scene which unfolds inside a theatre. He also said that the scenes were shot in the presence of hundreds of young artists who can also attest to Pauly’s presence.
“Nivin was with us shooting in Kochi on December 14 and 15, 2023. We started the shoot on the morning of the 14th at Nucleus Mall in Kochi. I remember the dates as I was coordinating his dates myself. After lunch, we shifted the shoot to Crown Plaza,” the filmmaker said.
Vineeth said there is a lot of evidence to corroborate Nivin’s presence on the set from December 14 till the early hours of December 15. “We had booked a room in Nivin’s name at the Crown Plaza. There is also CCTV footage. The footage from the venue will also have the date and time of the photographs taken, which will prove the same. There is a lot of evidence,” he said.
Vineeth also shared that Nivin was with them in Munnar for the shooting of the film on December 1, 2 and 3, 2023. He rejoined the shoot on December 14. The filmmaker also said that Nivin had given him only four days to shoot as we were simultaneously shooting for a web series called ‘Pharma’. The shoot for the series was also in Kerala, the filmmaker shared.
According to Reporter Live, the ‘Pharma’ maker also confirmed that Nivin was filming with them in Kerala in December.
What the whistleblower said
Speaking to the same channel, the complainant said that she had returned to Kerala from Dubai on December 17. She said that the sexual assault incident happened in the days leading up to her return to India. When the journalist asked her if it had happened between December 13 and 17, she confirmed it.
What Nivin Pauly said
Soon after the allegations were made, Nivin Pauly wasted no time in calling a press conference. He confidently dismissed the allegations as false and said he would fight them through legal means. “It is a deliberate allegation and I believe there is a conspiracy behind it.”
He also said that he did not know the complainant and that he had never seen her or spoken to her.
The actor said that about a month and a half ago, an officer from the Oonnukal police station called him on phone and told him that they had received a complaint of sexual assault against him by a woman.
“When I denied any knowledge of the allegations, the officer said they were convinced the complaint was false and were going to close it,” she said.
The actor added that the agent and his lawyer advised him not to file a complaint against the complainant, as some people make such allegations just to gain publicity. “So I didn’t pursue it further,” he said.
Pauly said he will take every legal step possible to prove his innocence and will fight to the end because he believes “we have to put an end to these types of false accusations.”
“That’s why I will fight, not just for myself, but for others who might face such false accusations in the future,” he said.
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