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Ruby Ojiakor has claimed that she has fallen prey to sex-for-role offers in the film business. She recalled how she turned down the marketer\u2019s invitation to bed her, costing her the lead part in a movie.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian thespian assumed it wouldn\u2019t matter when she turned down his advances because filming had already begun, but Ojiakor claims that they replaced her in later scenes.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview, the pretty actress revealed that she was cast alongside Ghanaian star, Majid Michel and he was paid extra to reshoot the same scenes with someone else.<\/p>\n

– –<\/span><\/p>\n

Ruby said;\u00a0\u201cI remember when I was called for a job in Enugu and we shot it for two days. I was supposed to be the female lead character in the movie. <\/p>\n

The marketer that owned the job wanted to \u2018get down\u2019 with me. But, I told him I could not do such a thing. I thought that since I had started shooting some scenes in the movie, nothing could be done to me and he cannot cancel my scenes, which I shot with Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel, then.<\/p>\n

I also felt Majid would not want to re-act the scenes he had done before. Those factors made me think that the producer\u2019s decision to change me would be fruitless. <\/p>\n

But to my surprise, I was not called to continue my scenes. When I challenged the production manager, he said I should not be angry because someone else had been called to play the role. I was not given any reason for being removed from that project.<\/p>\n

I asked if Majid agreed to re-shoot those scenes, and I was told he was paid extra money to do so. That was how I lost a movie role because I refused to sleep with the owner of the movie. The scenes I had already shot were wiped out from that movie. <\/p>\n

That was a painful experience, but I have moved on. I don\u2019t think anything can be done to stop sexual advances from filmmakers. <\/p>\n

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Some people have tried to report them, but it has not yielded any positive results. When an actress reports an offender, she is practically setting herself up for a fall. <\/p>\n

The offenders know themselves, and if one person reports any of them, they would gang up against that actress in the industry, and she would not be getting movie roles. It is just like a cartel. The best thing is to train oneself and be firm that even if others are doing it, one will not do it. That was what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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