A Nigerian model, identified as Nara Ozim, has trended massively on Twitter after she accused a popular photographer of fondling her breasts and touching her erogenous zones under the pretence of a photoshoot.
Nara took to Twitter to narrate what she allegedly went through in the hands of a popular photographer, Jerrie Rotimi during a photoshoot.
According to her, Jerrie’s hands were all over her body, touching her inappropriately all through the session. She claimed she did not react because she did not want a scene after she had been paid by the client.
She wrote:
“Can I share gist with you guys without it entering blogs or Instagram 😭pls
Sha sha that’s how I had a shoot recently with a popular photographer and the entire time he was tapping current trying to direct my poses.
Till now I’m still badly traumatized. I thought about the complications of what may happen if I checked him. I thought about the brand I was working with and how they’ve probably paid him millions.
He couldn’t take his fvckin dirty hands of me😞 I wanted to clear this bastard the entire time but that would’ve been the end of the shoot and I had already been paid!
FYI this photographer may probably see my tweets but that’s his business. I’m so close to disclosing his name to the TL. At your big age you are tapping current! I won’t hesitate to tell anyone who ever mentions your name to me how you kept trying to touch my breast and bum!
Iv realized that this is why rape victims don’t speak out cos they are afraid of the what may happen. The entire shoot I was cringing while this deadbeat photographer won’t stop touching me! If I mention your name that’s the end of your career! you will get what’s coming to you Sending all my tweets to him so he knows that I know and I’m ready to disclose his name if he try’s to deny it. Even my assistant saw when what you were doing (Sic). we have proof from the bts videos if you try to deny this! Dead randy fvck! God punish you! Stup!d Randy fvck!”
She later provided a video, embedded below.
The accused photographer later responded, threatening to sue Ozim for defamation.
He wrote:
“So I’m seeing a series of allegations from Nara Ozim and I want to refute all claims and state for the record everything that happened at this shoot.
“I was booked by a client for a jewelry shoot and Nara was the model. At every given point of the shoot – there were at least 10 people on the set; it was never a closed set at any time.
“At no point during the shoot, was I alone with her or anyone else alone with her for that matter. At different points of the shoot, I gave direction as to poses and looks for each shot.
“The only interaction we had was when she asked if I could throw in a shoot and I replied saying she would have to pay for the service. I would like her to provide whatever videos and pictures she claims she has showing any inappropriate behaviour from me, within the next hour.
“I have briefed my lawyers about this and I am taking the appropriate steps. I pride myself in being professional and I care too much about my craft to allow my brand or name be tarnished for no good reason.”
When tweeps saw the video uploaded by the model, they could not find anything out of the ordinary there and turned against her for trying to malign the photographer.
Many of them argued that for a jewelry shoot, it was not out of place for the photographer to adjust his model to get the best results.
@Boakyewaa_N wrote: “My problem with Nara Ozim’s story is this.
“When she realised she was uncomfortable during the shoot, why didn’t she tell him there and then? What was the whole idea of coming to say he was “tapping current” after the shoot?”
@NonyeOwen sarcastically wrote: “All these mess could have been avoided if the photographer had a remote to control/adjust her face”. She added a laughing emoji.
@temi_envalley wrote: “Evil Woman”
@ezulyk wrote: “This video is shallow. I don’t see anything wrong in him trying to adjust her posture. Tell a barber or a hairstylist not to touch you and let’s see how that works. I take pictures too and I tell you even if he uses his words to tell u how to pose u won’t get it right.”
There was hardly any comment in her favour.
One lady agreed with her the touching was too much and bothered on an invasion of her privacy. She said though that it could not be called molestation.
She counselled the photographer to always explain beforehand what he plans to do and the kind of results so as to carry the model along and prevent situations such as this.
I do not have a part from the shoot where his hands hit my boobs twice and when he put his hands on my hip when he was trying to ask if my jumpsuit had pockets.This is the evidence I have of him touching me! Yes I was modeling jewelry but you didn’t have to touch me at all!!!!! pic.twitter.com/qdKw1eZU2Q
— NaraOzim💫 (@NaraOzim) August 3, 2021
