July 14, 2005
'MMS episode harmed my dignity'
Indian actress Mallika Sherawat is no stranger to the limelight, good or bad. After the graphic MMS video clip of a sex act between a foreigner and a lookalike of Mallika began doing the rounds on mobile phones, a “hurt, upset, livid, and angry” Mallika approached the Mumbai Crime Branch, and the Cyber Crime Cell about the offending clips. [via The Times of India]
"The actor, who has boldly proclaimed that there's nothing wrong with being described as a sex symbol, denies it's her in the MMS clip.
“It's not me. Somebody is behind this for sure. And it's a menacing act. This harms my dignity, my reputation and my name. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be anybody. Because I am innocent, I didn't want to keep quiet and went and lodged complaints with the concerned authorities.”
In a second article, The Times of India writes: "The video of Mallika Sherawat's alleged look-alike having sex with a white man has spread so fast and so famously that cell phones are emerging as the future of slander.
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