In the wake of #MeToo allegations, Yash Raj Films fires its talent and creative head Ashish Patil

The #MeToo movement has started showing its positive effect. With several alleged offenders being sent a notice or asked to step down from their current positions, more and more women are coming forward to seek justice.

After celebrated names like Alok Nath, Rajat Kapoor, Sajid Khan among several others were named and shamed on social media, names of casting directors and talent head of production houses too came up in the list of alleged offenders. Ashish Patil, the Vice President, Brand Partnerships and Talent Management & Business and Creative Head of Y Films, too was accused of sexual misconduct and now the production house has terminated his services.

The official handle of Yash Raj Films took to Twitter and announced that Ashish has been fired with immediate effect.

You can check their post here

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— Yash Raj Films (@yrf) October 16, 2018

A woman anonymously shared her story of how Ashish took advantage of her in the pretext of giving her work, which he never did. Soon after the production has issued a statement urging the survivor to come forward and file a complaint with the presiding officer of the Internal Complaints Committee.

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— Yash Raj Films (@yrf) October 12, 2018

Looks like the committee has found Ashish guilty and that’s why he was fired with immediate effect.

For more updates on this story, stay tuned.

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