TVF on molestation case: Give us a chance to win your love back

Shockwaves engulfed the country when a woman who claimed to be a former employee of The Viral Fever accused its founder Arunabh Kumar of molestating her during her stint at the office.

Hours later, many women came forward alleging Arunabh of sexual harassment. However, TVF in an official statement denied all the accusations calling it baseless. They even said that they are in look out for the blogger and serious action will be taken against her. 

Many on the social media condemned the online video portal for their biased and insensitive statement. Arunabh in an interview to a leading tabloid had called these allegations baseless and had urged the concerned person to file a FIR on the same. "I am a heterosexual man and single, if I find a woman sexy, I tell them they're sexy. Does this make me a molester?" he said.

A FIR has also been lodged against Arunabh by a lawyer. Now TVF has yet again released an official statement stating that they are looking into the matter. Admitting that their instant response was a bit too quick and emotional, they have urged the fans to give them a second chance to win their hearts back. However, they claim to have found no record of the woman as mentioned in the blog.

Here is the full text of TVF's statement: 

Thank you for reaching out to us.

It’s been a tough couple of days for us at TVF, as you would know. We needed to first & foremost take care of our internal team that has been most impacted by the recent events.

 Yes, there have been allegations of misbehavior against our Founder, from several women.  When the first blog appeared on March 12th, it shocked all of us including our extended set of associates. The allegations were severe. We were confused & taken aback.

 The blog alleged that he/she was an employee of the organization & even indicated specific content production they were a part of. We immediately began checking the facts internally. 

 We did send out an instant response, which may have been a bit too quick & emotional.  We recognize that we should have handled that response better. However, it is a fact that we have found no records of any such person on our payroll, in that given time period, as described in the blog.

Even as we were dealing with the first episode, several other allegations surfaced soon thereafter.  Please know that we are sincerely looking into each one of them. We are committed to getting to the bottom of these allegations. Many of you have asked so we would like to confirm that yes, we have an ICC Committee set up in each location.

We as a team of 240 strong professionals are determined to work hard in winning your love back.  We will do everything in our capacity to learn & get better, get bigger. Give us that chance.

 The Corporate Communication Team  

We are following this story closely. Watch this space for more updates.