Not worried about being judged: Singer Chinmayi

In a live Facebook video, singer Chinmayi, who accused lyricist Vairamuthu of sexual harassment, said that she was not worried about being judged and that there are several other women who were harassed by the later.

She also stated that she did not bring up the issue earlier as it happened during the beginning of her carrier as a singer and Vairamuthu was an influential person.

She said, “Several women were touched inappropriately and many of them are there to support me. I am not the only person who is fighting against this.”

After endorsing allegations of sexual harassment against Vairamuthu by several others on Twitter in the wake of the #MeToo movement, Chinmayi shared her own story.

In a series of tweets, Chinmayi recalled an incident that a concert organiser asked her to "cooperate" and visit Vairamuthu in his hotel room. She said this happened in 2005 or 2006.

She alleged that the staff of Vairamuthu's office was well aware of his behaviour. "His close confidants know. They are also his enablers," she said.