WOW REALLY!!! I Almost Quit Acting After Suffering Sexual Harassment – Mercy Aigbe » Naijaloaded

Mercy Aigbe, an award-winning Nollywood actress, has revealed that she virtually dumped Nollywood after she turned a sufferer of sexual harassment.

The display screen goddess, in an interview on TVC stated a producer she approached to assist her get into the film trade tried to benefit from her.

She stated she stated he initially gave her a minor function after she handed auditions for his film, however she objected.

According to her, she was invited by the producer to his, the place he sexually assaulted her however she tore the script in annoyance and left.

In her phrases:

“I as soon as met a producer in Surulere, and I expressed to him how a lot I would like to act. He informed me he had an upcoming movie, and invited me to his workplace for an audition. I handed three levels of the audition.

“After the final audition, I was given a minor function. I informed him that was not the character I was auditioning for, and he replied that the director stated he didn’t know me, and that was why he stated I needs to be near him (the producer).

“He had been making passes at me earlier than then, however he didn’t come out clear to me till that day. He then stood up and tried to the touch me. I was very upset, and I informed him he couldn’t do this to me, as a result of I had earned the function.

“That was a huge insult to my person, and I thought if that was what it took to be an actress, I did not want to be an actress anymore. I tore the script and eventually left. On my way home, I cried because I had left a well-paying job to join Nollywood, and I was already a single mother at the time.”