#MeToo Sharing an anonymous survivor account of a former model and former aspiring actress who has spoken against… https://t.co/RBelJuQq2X — Japleen Pasricha (@japna_p) 1539165601000

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More on @patilashish. #MeToo #TimesUp https://t.co/PgEaZPxqLu — Japleen Pasricha (@japna_p) 1539165612000

https://t.co/DcPJ9E17Mb — ashish patil (@patilashish) 1539178494000

.@japna_p https://t.co/cgNZKBmBRP — Yash Raj Films (@yrf) 1539358387000

On Friday, activist Japleen Pasricha shared screenshots of a woman who alleged sexual harassment by the Talent and Business Head of Yash Raj Films An acting aspirant, the woman has alleged that she messaged Ashish Patil and received a response from him a week later. She wrote that they met at the YRF office post which he asked her to go out for a drive with him. He touched her inappropriately then. To continue their discussion about her work, he asked her to hang out with him and they reached her residence. Upon reaching there, she wrote, he tried to get close to her, which is when she clarified that she is hanging out with him considering it is a professional meeting. He said that he is leaving but then forced a kiss. He got in touch with her a couple of days later and took interest in a script she had written and wanted to meet for discussion.She further wrote, “He’d visit my place and yes every time tried his moves until he got his way.” He rejected the script eventually but kept telling her that YRF is looking for lead girls and that she needs to make audition videos. When she mailed him her videos, he liked them but then asked her to try for TV. The woman felt ‘misused’ and was ‘broken’, but he continued to call her. She finally met him outside YRF office and he reasoned that he is busy with his son’s autism treatment, hence can’t pay attention to her. She finally decided to confront him and was ‘blunt, brash and showed him the mirror’, following which he blocked her.She wrote that she raised the issue with someone who has worked closely with Aditya Chopra. He asked for proof, and when she showed Patil’s mail to her, the person said that Aditya Chopra likes Ashish Patil and will not take action.Ashish Patil has denied the allegations. However, Yash Raj Films shared a detailed statement, a part of which read, “We have taken the survivor's account very seriously and would like to investigate her story and go to the root of the matter.”“We assure that we shall take the strictest action against the alleged perpetrator if the allegation of sexual harassment are found to be true,” YRF’s statement read.