Nollywood actress Peggy Ovire has spoken out following allegations from her colleague, Taye Arimoro, of assaulting him.
NewsWatch reported that in a viral video shared by Arimoro, he alleged that the misunderstanding started after he tried to go away the film location previous his agreed contract time. According to him, his name for the subsequent day was at 10 am, and his contract for that night time was meant to finish by 11 pm.
He claimed he had waited till round midnight earlier than insisting on leaving, however was reportedly blocked from doing so.
In the reside video, Taye alleged that Peggy instructed her driver to dam his automotive to stop him from leaving. He additionally confirmed seen accidents to his gums and lips, alleging that he was assaulted through the confrontation.
Taye Arimoro additional claimed that his automotive’s tyres had been deflated through the incident.
Reacting to his claims, Peggy accused Taye of bodily assaulting two crew members throughout a movie shoot. According to her, the incident began when the crew pleaded with him to finish two quick scenes so they may wrap up filming for the night time.
“Taye, you beat up two crew members merely since you felt that they had no voice – no social media presence, nobody to talk for them. They had been solely begging you to please full two quick scenes so we might wrap the night time. Moments later, you went reside to file their response – leaving out the half the place the violence started.
Peggy went on to clarify that Taye arrived on set round midday that day and determined to go away with out discover when filming prolonged into the night time. She said that every thing had been wonderful between them till she requested him to shortly shoot yet one more scene earlier than recording his behind-the-scenes clip.
According to her, “You reacted sharply once I tried to speak to you, so I made a decision to offer you house. Later, when the Production supervisor approached you to attraction for extra time, you bought bodily with him. You had punched the Production supervisor thrice, and he was on the ground earlier than the driving force got here out.
She added that when she got here out to intervene, the scenario had already escalated. She claimed that Taye drove off whereas she was nonetheless beside the automotive, and that her driver was later discovered bleeding from the ear after allegedly being hit a number of occasions by the actress.
Peggy concluded that she determined to share her aspect not out of anger, however to set the file straight.
