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Lakshmi Manchu, in New Interview, Says She Was Groped at 15 on a School Transit Trip

She presents the account to underline how harassment on public transport often goes unreported because of social and family pressures.

Overview

  • In a Nov. 16 conversation with Hauterrfly, the actor said strangers inappropriately touched her on public transport while traveling with classmates to collect exam hall tickets.
  • She recounted moving away without confrontation and later hearing from girlfriends who said they had gone through the same thing.
  • She argued that such behavior is so common that denials of ever facing it on public transport are not credible.
  • She said she broke down during the MeToo movement after a Women’s Commission flier described experiences she had lived.
  • She added that being from a prominent film family made speaking out less likely, and coverage of the interview names no perpetrators and reports no formal complaints.