Case against filmmaker Jean Paul Lal to be withdrawn
Apart from Lal, actor Sreenath Bhasi, two crew members identified as Anoop and Anirudh, are other defendants.
KOCHI: The female actor who filed a case against filmmaker Jean Paul Lal and others for using a body double and sexual innuendos wants to withdraw it. The complainant made a statement about settling the issue at the district additional sessions court on Thursday while considering an anticipatory bail application of the accused. The court then directed her to file an affidavit and the police not to arrest the accused till August 16, the date fixed for further hearing on the bail plea.
The police filed a case against Lal for cheating and outraging her modesty on the complaint that he made lewd comments when she demanded her remuneration. She also stated that the filmmaker doubled her body in his film Honey Bee 2 using another woman without informing her. Apart from Lal, actor Sreenath Bhasi, two crew members identified as Anoop and Anirudh, are other defendants.