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From Cristiano Ronaldo to Utsav Chakraborty: 5 men who have been accused of sexual harassment in 2018

On Thursday, All India Bakchod put out a statement condemning the alleged acts of sexual harassment meted out to minors by stand-up comic Utsav Chakraborty.

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  • Oct 04, 2018, 05:21 PM IST

On Thursday, All India Bakchod put out a statement condemning the alleged acts of sexual harassment meted out to minors by stand-up comic Utsav Chakraborty.

Sadly, Utsav isn't the first name who has been accused of sexuall harassing minors. In February this year, 25-year-old Mumbai slam poet Shamir Reubin accused of making sexual advances towards minor girls.

More recently, names such as football legend Cristiano Ronaldo and Bollywood actor Nana Patekar. While the Portugese football star has been accused of raping a US-based woman, former actor Tanushree Dutta accused Patekar of harassing her on the sets of Horn Ok Pleassssss.

Another person accused of sexual misdemeanour is US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who has been accused of sexual harassmen by more than one woman.

Here is a list of people who have made it into this dishonourbale list in the past two weeks

1. Utsav Chakraborty

Utsav Chakraborty
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Stand-up comic Utsav Chakraborty, who is part of the AIB troupe, has been accused of sending explicit images on social media, and minor girls have even come out to say that they were harassed by him - Utsav Chakraborty/Facebook

2. Shamir Reubin

Shamir Reubin
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25-year-old Mumbai slam poet Shamir Reubin had made sexual advances towards women who were under 18. The episode came to light when a 19-year-old shared her ordeal on Facebook.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

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According to a report in weekly German magazine Der Spiegel took place on June 2, 2009, a woman, Kathyrn Mayorga, recalls how Ronaldo walked in on her changing in his penthouse, his penis hanging out of his shorts and asked her to touch it. She agreed to a kiss but stated that Ronaldo violated her agency by raping her anally, not stopping even after she repeatedly asked him to do so. What’s more shocking is the fact that according to court documents, Ronaldo virtually admits he raped her.

4. Brett Kavanaugh

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A university professor detailed her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her 36 years ago during a momentous Senate hearing on Thursday that could determine whether he will be confirmed to the lifetime job after a pitched political battle. Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that during the alleged incident at a gathering of teenagers when she and Kavanaugh were high school students in Maryland that she thought Kavanaugh was going to rape her and perhaps accidentally kill her. Following her testimony, another woman came forward to make similar accusations against Kavanaugh - Reuters

5. Nana Patekar

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Former Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta had accused Patekar of physical and sexual harassment on the sets of the film Horn OK Pleassss, 10 years back.  She claimed that when she refused to do an intimate step with Nana Patekar, he had called goons to the sets of the film who had vandalised her car.

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