253: ‘Spoke The Truth’: Priya Ramani Says to MJ Akbar’s Defamation Suit - a podcast by The Quint

12 October 2017. Priya Ramani who is a senior journalist writes an article for Vogue India titled ‘To the Harvey Weinsteins of the world’ (https://www.vogue.in/content/harvey-weinsteins-open-letter-sexual-harassment) . She describes an experience where her senior, an editor harassed her without naming him.
One year later on 8 October 2018 — that's around the time when the MeToo movement picked up pace in India - Ramani tweets, “I began this piece with my MJ Akbar story. Never named him because he didn’t “do” anything. Lots of women have worse stories about this predator—maybe they’ll share.”
Now this was a very big deal because MJ Akbar was a Minister of State at that point of time. Subsequently, over a period of time 19, yes, 19 other journalists came out against Akbar accusing him of sexual harassment, molestation and rape. And then he filed a defamation suit against Priya Ramani which is an ongoing case. But talk about it now? Because it's the very first time that Ramani has given her statement in the Rouse Avenue trial court.
In this episode, we talk about the defamation case filed by former minister MJ Akbar against senior journalist Priya Ramani for what Akbar said "falsely" accusing him. The hearing has been going on since last year and so far we've heard MJ Akbar's version of the story, we've heard what his character witnesses said, but not much from Ramani since the tweet. In this podcast, I'll bring you upto date with the case. Tune in!
Also Read: MJ Akbar Defamation Case: Delhi Court Grants Bail to Priya Ramani (https://www.thequint.com/news/india/mj-akbar-defamation-case-against-priya-ramani)

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