As allegations of sexual harassment mounted against Anu Malik, Sony Entertainment Television issued a statement announcing that the music composer will no longer be a judge on their talent show Indian Idol.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnu Malik is no longer part of Indian Idol jury panel. The show will continue its planned schedule,\u201d read an excerpt from the statement, adding that they will replace Malik with guest judges.<\/p>\n
The statement came after two more anonymous accounts of alleged sexual harassment by Malik emerged on Saturday. Singers Shweta Pandit and Sona Mohapatra were the first to allege that Malik behaved inappropriately with them.<\/p>\n
In one of the accounts, a singer who has not identified herself has alleged that the composer repeatedly harassed her. An anonymous account by another woman says that after an incident where Malik tried to hug her, she refused to participate in the ongoing Indian Idol 10, in which Malik was one of the judges.<\/p>\n
Malik denied all these claims. His lawyer had earlier issued a statement saying, \u201cThe allegations made against my client are emphatically denied as completely false and baseless. My client respects the #metoo\u2026 but to use this movement to start a character assassination mission is obnoxious.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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