Actor-turned-politician M Mukesh MLA is now finding himself in the eye of the storm that is the #MeToo campaign, after casting director Tess Thomas alleged he attempted to hit on her 19 years ago.
In a series of tweets, Tess said the Kollam MLA, who was hosting the ‘Kodeeswaran’ television quiz programme at the time, made the advances towards her at a hotel in Chennai.
Tess was attached to the programme at the time.She alleged Mukesh harassed her by calling her multiple times and forcing the hotel to change her room and allot her one closer to his room. She said she was rescued by her boss Derek O’Brien, who is a Trinamool Congress MP at present.