Cassandra
accused actress Funke Akindele of physical, emotional and financial abuse which
she claimed to have suffered while working with her.
Cassandra
Owolabi, a former staff of actress Funke Akindele has taken to social media
with a video to call out her.
Sharing her
story, she wondered how she managed to ensure it all during her stay with the
actress.
“FINALLY
FOUND THE STRENGTH TO SPEAK UP AGAIN
“A little
update: About a month ago, I posted a lengthy video of my experience working
with Funke Akindele. But the video was quickly brought down as a bid to shut me
up. Naturally as a content creator, my instinct was to make another one right
away but I couldn’t bring myself to it due to the fact that I touched on a
really sensitive topic (depression) and some experiences I passed through while
working for her which was like opening old wounds and I needed time to heal
from that.
“I am indeed
happy and relieved that I finally got to make another video in which I touched
on a few things because truthfully, even if I was given a day I would still not
be able to cover all the ills not just me but her staff face daily.
“The
experience has indeed taught me that not all that glitters is gold, literally!
Looking back I just wondered how I endured so much when we were deprived of so
many things. For instance, we couldn’t watch TV (literally, the TV in our lodge
was taken away weeks after we resumed) and she mustn’t walk in on you watching
anything on your laptop (can’t tell you how many times she randomly sent people
to come check if we were sleeping or doing anything asides writing).
I mean, how
do you expect your writers to be 100% productive when you don’t allow them some
leisure time? It didn’t take me long to develop bloodshot eyes because there
were daysssssssssss when we’d write all through the night, no sleep. We worked
under DURESS AND FEAR. It is always about the script, the script is more
important than you and your health.
P.S – For the
few who asked why my character in the YouTube series ‘HOUSEHELPS’ was replaced,
well… Because I chose to leave she asked that I be replaced (no surprises
there)”.
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