Malayalam Actor Vijay Babu Moves Kerala Court Seeking Bail In Rape Case
NDTV
In his plea, the producer-turned-actor Vijay Babu said "the present trend" was that for the sake of publicity anybody can make sexual allegations against anybody to tarnish the image of a person who is having popularity in the society.
Malayalam movie producer and actor Vijay Babu on Friday moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the rape case filed against him saying it was an attempt to blackmail him.
Babu has been charged of allegedly sexually assaulting a female actor and disclosing the survivor's identity through a Facebook live session.
"Now the attempt of the de facto complainant is to blackmail the petitioner by simply filing the complaint alleging that the petitioner forcefully sexually assaulted her," Babu said in his plea filed through lawyer S Rajeev.
In his plea, the producer-turned-actor said "the present trend" was that for the sake of publicity anybody can make sexual allegations against anybody to tarnish the image of a person who is having popularity in the society.