{"id":7369,"date":"2018-02-21T09:41:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T16:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2018-02-21T09:41:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T16:41:45","slug":"sexually-harassed-famous-nollywood-movie-producer-knife-neck-actress-steph-nora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/sexually-harassed-famous-nollywood-movie-producer-knife-neck-actress-steph-nora\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Was Sexually Harassed By A Famous Nollywood Movie Producer With Knife On My Neck- Actress Steph Nora"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nollywood Actress Steph Nora Okere in an interview has now revealed she was sexually harassed by a movie producer who put a knife to her neck.<\/p>\n
Nollywood actress says she was sexually harassed by a famous producer, who put a knife to her neckSteph Nora Okere<\/p>\n
Nollywood actress Steph-Nora Okere has said that she was sexually harassed by a famous producer, who put a knife to her neck.<\/p>\n
The actress said this during an interview with Broadway TV.\u00a0 According to the actress, she tried not to talk about the experience for years because her family had asked her not to.<\/p>\n
According to the actress, her experience spurred her into starting an NGO that supports women, children and the needy in the society.<\/p>\n
“Over the years, I have tried not to talk about it because my family said ‘let it go.’ Yes, I was sexually harassed,” she told Broadway TV.<\/p>\n
“I was harassed by a very famous producer, who actually put a knife to my neck. It’s a story for another day. I went through that and I actually left Nollywood at a point.”<\/p>\n
Narrating what happened, the actress said: “A producer lured me to his house, told me to take off my clothes, put a knife to my head, what is worse than that?\u201d<\/p>\n
She also revealed that she had to take a break from acting after the incident. “After that happened, my family said: ‘that’s it, enough of acting,” she said.<\/p>\n
Previous Cases of sexual harassment in Nollywood<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
In November, an Instagram user posted an allegation that\u00a0 Yoruba actor\u00a0Yomi Fabiyi harassed her sexually over nine years ago.<\/p>\n
Also in November, an aspiring Nollywood actress accused popular Yoruba actor\u00a0Yemi Solade of demanding for sex in exchange for a movie role.<\/p>\n
As a newbie in Nollywood,\u00a0Blessing Egbe,\u00a0who is popular for\u00a0\u201cThe Women\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cLekki Wives,\u201d\u00a0once had to\u00a0slap off the \u201csmelly hand\u201d of a big producer\/marketer,\u00a0who caressed her breast when he saw her at a producer\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
In 2015,\u00a0Rahama Sadau\u00a0took to Instagram to accuse\u00a0Adam Zango\u00a0of denying her of a role because she refused his sexual advances. She, however, apologized the next day, describing her post as \u2018childish.\u2019<\/p>\n
Steph-Nora Okere is popular for movies such as “Blood of an Orphan,” “Power of Love” and “Oganigwe.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nollywood Actress Steph Nora Okere in an interview has now revealed she was sexually harassed by a movie producer who put a knife to her neck. Nollywood actress says she was sexually harassed by a famous producer, who put a knife to her neckSteph Nora Okere Nollywood actress Steph-Nora Okere has said that she was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n