Overview
- Monalisa Bhosle, speaking at a Kochi press conference on Tuesday, accused director Sanoj Mishra of touching her inappropriately several times when she was under 18.
- She and her husband said they are getting death threats, described posters of her being burned, and alleged the director is branding their interfaith marriage as 'love jihad'.
- She said she is consulting lawyers on a case under the POCSO child-protection law, which would trigger a police investigation into alleged abuse of a minor.
- Mishra denied the allegations in an Instagram video and interviews, said she is being influenced, and announced plans to file a defamation suit.
- The clash follows her March 11 wedding in a Thiruvananthapuram temple under police protection after she complained that her family tried to force another match.