Amiua, the wife of popular film director and producer, Lancelot Imasuen, has declared that she stands by her husband after Nollywood actress, Sylvia Oluchy came out to accuse him of sexually harassing her, while they were shooting the film, “Bent Arrow” about 13 years ago in Abuja.
The actress made the allegation via the filmmakers WhatsApp group, Filmic, where she called out the celebrated film director after the latter soft-pedal the issue of sexual assault in the country’s movie industry.
According to her, the revered film director squeezed her boobs and physically pinned her to the bed when he invited her to his hotel room.
Though the actress confirmed that Lancelot did not rape her, the allegation has since gone viral on social media.
However, reacting to the allegation levelled against her husband, Lancelot’s wife who accompanied her husband to the movie set has dismissed the allegation, declaring, however, that she’s standing firmly by her husband thick and thin.
In a statement obtained by Vanguard, the mother of four children said in as much as she stands against rape, violence or any form of molestation be it male or female, she will not stand and watch any woman tarnish the reputation her husband has built for the past 25 years through sweat and blood.
