Reactions continue to trail the closed-circuit television, CCTV footage showing actress Peggy Ovire assaulting actor Taye Arimoro at her movie location.
Taye Arimoro called out Peggy Ovie on Wednesday in a series of posts on his Instagram page, alleging rights violations and physical assault.
Taye Arimoro explained that on Tuesday night, Peggy Ovie detained him against his will, assaulted him, and demanded that he film “two quick scenes” before going home.
According to Taye Arimoro, the actress instructed her crew members and driver to block his car from leaving and beat him because he attempted to leave the movie location around 12 am to rest after exceeding their agreed filming time.
Reacting to the allegation, Peggy, in a series of posts on her Instagram story, claimed that the actor had assaulted her driver first.
However, CCTV footage of the incident, which surfaced online on Thursday morning, captured the actress and her driver assaulting the actor in the presence of other crew members.
Following the release of the footage, many Nigerians condemned Peggy Ovie for allegedly lying about the incident.
@Linda_ify1 wrote: “Imagine a married woman treating someone’s son, husband, father like that. I wonder how she treats her husband at home. I really felt bad for Taye.”
@Olisa_Mani wrote: “So she was the aggressor? Pushing him while her boys deflated his tyres? I hope the movie they were harassing him for is a Netflix Original?”
@akwabekie wrote: “So she lied. Omo, Peggy lied… CCTV has come out, and it shows she even assaulted the actor. It’s like I will stop supporting women. She almost wrecked this guy’s career.”
@Symply_Amanosi wrote: “I never believed Peggy from the beginning; this just proves that she lied. You want someone to work extra hours past his time and you choose to be aggressive about it.”
@buzzard737 wrote: “Why did she instruct her team to deflate his tyres? The estate security should have intervened from the onset. This is so wrong.”
@PearlyBold wrote: “Peggy, you be ekwensu. See the way she was pushing the guy, and that guy didn’t touch her.”
