COVER STORY
08
Where was the buyer?
How come no arrest of
buyers? Was she alone
in the hotel room?
Most often women
are coerced into
prostitution,
either
due to economic
circumstance
or
threats of violence.
There are stories galore
of the exploitative
“casting couch” in the
film industry.
Things took a U turn,
when Shweta was
released after 59 days.
She was disappointed
with how media took
miguiding
stories.
In her open letter “I
was in Hyderabad
for
Santhosham
Awards, which was
conducted on 30th
August. I was never
encouraged to get
into commercial sex
and no agent booked
my tickets and stay
there! My tickets and
accommodation was
done by the award
event organizers. The
hotel where I stayed
with other guests of
the award ceremony
was a hospitality
partner with the
event. I still have the
itinerary in my email
inbox.”
She also said in an
Interview “Call it fate
or whatever, I missed
my flight back in the
morning. My air ticket
and stay were done
by the organisers of
the awards function.
I still have the ticket.
I’ve been told that
the agent has been
arrested. The case is
being investigated.
I am a victim in the
whole situation. There
was a raid... I am not
denying the incident.
But the facts are not
what they’ve been
made out to be.”
On her acquition,
Shweta came down
at the media with an
open letter addressed
to all the media people
where she demands
their credibility to
write such things. She
pointed out that she
was in a rescue home
for two months, cut
off from media and
telephone, effectively
meaning she could
not have given the
supposed
media
statement reported
where she accepts
the charges against
her. Furthermore, no
businessmen
were
arrested or reported
arrested along with
her arrest.