Four For Friday - Persona Non Grata

Beginning about two years ago, a woman came forward in a foreign country to talk about being assaulted by an actor. This is a country that makes a lot of their own movies. A whole lot. From time to time, actors from other countries are asked to come there and shoot a role. It is not generally a lead, but the pay is decent so many actors accept the offers.

The film in question was about a decade ago. A big hit at the box office in the country in question. Like most movies there it didn't take long to film, but during that time, the woman who came forward was a victim. She says at least a dozen other women were also victims of the actor. The actor is foreign born. B-/C+ list over here even though you would recognize his face because of all his roles. In his home country, he would probably be A-/B+ list. Mostly television. Lots of television. A couple of different capacities. He probably had his biggest acting job in the last couple of years after decades of acting.

Our actor is married and has been for a very long time. Apparently when he made the movie in question he decided to rent a house for the duration of his stay. The house came with people to clean it. Several of the cleaning staff were tween girls. During the three weeks our actor was in the country he raped each of the tween girls multiple times. The woman who came forward is now in her early 20's and she started her crusade when she read that there was going to be a sequel to the movie and our actor would be part of that cast. She says that for a decade she couldn't talk to anyone about the rapes other than one of the girls who was also on the staff and stayed friends over the years. The woman doesn't know the names of the other girls other than nicknames or a first name or two. She wasn't looking to press charges which she knew would be useless or trying to get money from the actor for her nightmares and pain and suffering. All she wanted was for the government to not let the actor back inside the country again. She didn't want tweens to have to go through what she did. The police wouldn't do anything for her. She tried different police organizations. Nothing. She then went to the movie company. They wouldn't do anything. She kept trying though and finally she managed to get in touch with the star of that box office hit. He is extremely popular. She told him her story and also for that one interview brought her friend who had also been raped. The next thing you know, the actor made a call to the production company who rescinded the offer to the actor. When he threatened to sue, they said they welcomed it. When he said he was going to come and file suit in India, the company made a call to someone in the government and the actor's visa was canceled.