A few days after Diandra Soares shared her experience of being sexually harassed by Suhel Seth many years ago, the model-turned-actress tells BT that she is NOT shocked by his silence
Tanvi Trivedi (BOMBAY TIMES; October 26, 2018)

Soon after Diandra Soares came forward with her #MeToo experience about a week ago, the model-turnedactress had told BT that she was waiting for Suhel Seth to address her allegations, and only then would she talk more about it.

Now, Diandra says that she is not shocked by his silence over her accusation. In a chat with BT, she says, “I know why he is silent. He thinks that this will blow over, but I will not let this go till the day I die. Having said that, I am shocked that he hasn’t responded to the women, who accused him before me (author Ira Trivedi and filmmaker Natasha Rathore). It has been 15 days since all this happened and he is still silent. I want to ask, why some people are still working with him?”

Diandra is also vocal about how some women feel that she is doing this for publicity. She says, “There are so many intellectual women who feel that I am doing this for publicity. If I wanted publicity, I would have taken a superstar’s name, why would I name Suhel Seth? I have spoken to so many people in the last five days that I have lost appetite. I have not slept well. Do these people feel that we enjoy seeking publicity like this? The women who have spoken up in the #MeToo movement have families to support and they are only doing this so that such harassment stops.”

Talking about the incident that happened many years ago at a fashion week after-party, she shares, “There were so many people present at that party, but not one of them has come forward to support me. People feel this is a gender war, but it’s not. I have many male friends who are caring and protective.” She adds, “I want to question all the usual Bollywood placard holders who regularly tweet about issues. Where are they? I want to tell people that they should talk now. We also need more men to support the movement. The way I bit Suhels’ tongue and squeezed his b***s when he forcibly kissed me... in our country, do we have to teach our children to fight sexual predators and take care of themselves? What we need are stringent laws for such situations.”