Saqib Saleem Reveals His #MeToo Story: 'A Man Tried To Put His Hands In My Pants, I Was 21'
Recently while speaking to a leading daily, actor Saqib Saleem spoke about his #MeToo story and revealed that a man tried to sexually abuse him when he was 21.
Salman
Khan's
onscreen
brother
shares
his
#MeToo
story
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FilmiBeat
Tanushree
Dutta
opened
a
Pandora's
box
when
she
opened
up
up
about
facing
sexual
harassment
by
Nana
Patekar.
Soon,
many
women
came
forward
with
their
harrowing
experiences
about
Bollywood
celebs
making
unwanted
advances
at
them.
Some
of
the
names
which
came
under
the
scanner
were
Sajid
Khan,
Alok
Nath,
Vikas
Bahl,
Subhash
Ghai,
casting
directors
Mukesh
Chhabra
and
Vicky
Sidana,
Rajat
Kapoor
amongst
the
few.
Well
folks,
it's
just
not
only
women
who
have
been
victims
of
sexual
harassment
at
the
hands
of
men.
Recently
while
speaking
to
a
leading
daily,
actor
Saqib
Saleem
spoke
about
his
#MeToo
story
and
revealed
that
a
man
tried
to
sexually
abuse
him
when
he
was
21.
Scroll
down
to
read-
He
Was
Sexually
Abused
At
21
Saqib
told
the
leading
daily,
"I
don't
want
to
take
names,
but
when
I
started
out
as
an
actor.
I
was
only
21
years
old.
There
was
a
man
who
tried
to
assault
me.
He
tried
to
put
his
hand
in
my
pants."
Saqib
Whacked
That
Man
He
revealed,
"When
it
happened
with
me,
I
whacked
the
guy
and
I
told
him
to
mind
his
own
f***ing
business
and
I
left."
The
Incident
Scarred
Him
He
further
added,
"I
was
21,
and
of
course,
it
scarred
me,
but
I
moved
on.
I'm
sure
that
everyone's
different
and
an
incident
such
as
this
must
affect
different
people
differently."
Saqib
On
The
#MeToo
Stories
Breaking
Everyday
"These
stories
are
heartbreaking
and
sexual
offenders
are
horrible
people,"
the
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
leading
daily.