Days after she came out with an emotional social media post after a Kerala court sentenced six people for 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case involving a sexual assault against her, saying she came to the realisation that "not every citizen in this country is treated equally before the law," the survivor came out with another statement, saying she is neither a victim, nor a survivor, but merely a human being.
Reacting to a controversial video released by the second accused in the case, Martin Antony, who was the driver of the car in which the survivor was abducted and sexually assaulted, and the cyber attacks against the actress that followed, she said the mistake she committed was that she decided to immediately file a complaint with the police and move forward, demanding legal action.
After the Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court delivered the verdict in the actress assault case, a video of Antony surfaced online in which he was found to have revealed the identity of the survivor and defamed her.
The actress wrote in an Instagram post:
"I should have just stayed silent, convincing myself that everything that happened that day was fate, without telling anyone anything. Then, sometime later, when that video was released, I should have committed suicide, not knowing what to say to those who would blame me, asking, "Why didn't you complain to the police back then?"
"I saw a video made by the second accused, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, before he was taken away. In it, he could have also said, 'I am the one who took your nude video!!'"
"To those who say and spread such perversities—may this situation never befall you or anyone in your family."
After the video was released online, a case was registered against Antony for allegedly defaming the survivor on social media. The police traced 21 social media accounts through which the video was circulated by multiple people