On the morning of Monday, 26th May 2014 at about 12 noon, I was reliably informed that actress Nuong Faalong also known as Edith Faalong had walked off the set of a popular series and terminated her contract with the production company.
She left the set in tears after the director of the series -Prince Amuni Gbenga a Nigerian had barged into her private room while she was in her underwear and proceeded to manhandle her resulting in her sustaining a cut and swollen upper lip.
Luckily for the actress, she was not alone in the hotel room. Her room-mate who was asleep in the bed, got up just in time to save her from further assault as the rest of the cast and crew also rushed into the room to restrain the director.
When we spoke to the actress, she said she had reported the incident to the Dansoman Police headquarters and the said director had been summoned pending investigations.
As to whether she would complete the job, she said, “My welfare is paramount and the production cannot guarantee that presently”
What annoys us most about this incident is why a director will think he has so much power over an actress such that he can go as far as physically abusing her without fear and in front of another person? Does he think he is really too invincible to be dealt with?
What kind of animal does this? Is it a habit he has cultivated because other actresses have allowed him to get away with such insulting behavior?
In relation to the above, I was also reliably informed that Prince Amuni Gbenga had a physical fight with another person on the same set last year on location at Kokrobite. He is said to be very notorious for being disrespectful towards woman and freely insulting whomever he pleases on set.
This director is not even very big yet. What I am afraid of is what he will put actors/ actresses through if he becomes big. With such a perverted attitude, what else will he do to unsuspecting women?
If you are not a pervert, how will you even engage in such behaviour, wanting to see a woman in her underwear and insist she dress in front of you?
Also, Nuong was asked NOT to report the incident but she decided to report it just incase the director repeats his actions towards her or anyone. She did not mention the name of the production house, stating that, it would give them a bad reputation and that they cannot be held responsible for the actions of the director.
My heart goes out to the actress who was visibly shaken and in tears every time she tried to talk about the incident. God bless you for reporting this.
And to think that such a director is not even sorry for his actions and has not in anyway apologized to the actress since the incident occurred is beyond absurdity…
Instead, the director has changed the actress’ name in the script and has invited a Liberian actress to complete the shoot. How preposterous! What kind of unprofessional conduct is this? I wonder what other actresses have been forced to keep silent about so they can just have a movie role, where Prince Amuni Gbenga is in charged…
This is really SAD. Nigerians come to Ghana and they have like this? Sexually assaulting a Ghanaian actress on set because he is a director? What the fuck. He should be deported straight to his Bokom Haram country.
A lot of nonsense like this takes place on movie sets and upcoming actresses are abused anyway by perverted directors. He should be put behind bar for this nonsense.
This is really SAD. Nigerians come to Ghana and they have like this? Sexually assaulting a Ghanaian actress on set because he is a director? What the fuck. He should be deported straight to his Bokom Haram country.
A lot of nonsense like this takes place on movie sets and upcoming actresses are abused anyway by perverted directors. He should be put behind bar for this nonsense.
Wicked man
Wicked man
This is an outrage. The actress should go ahead and press charges against him since there are so many witnesses. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated in our society. What nonsense!!
This is an outrage. The actress should go ahead and press charges against him since there are so many witnesses. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated in our society. What nonsense!!
Seriously, that nincompoop must not get away with it. He must pay for his crime!!
Seriously, that nincompoop must not get away with it. He must pay for his crime!!
I have a feeling he has done such a thing before. Foolish man. I hope the law deals with him.
It is much better than the this one!! It’s time to upgrade. Lol
Wow damn it… This man needs to be arrested and deported wtf. Why are nigerian producers all over Ghana now and disrespecting our culture? foolish man
waaaaa hw3, nonsensical tins bi a director yii y3
very bad
This producer needs to be banned for good.. I need the ghana movie president to take actions towards this.
This producer needs to be banned for good.. I need the ghana movie president to take actions towards this.
This drug lords and perverts need to be jailed and deport ,this is what their women are used to,they maltreat them and beat them anyhow .
This is Ghana this not the jungle call nigeria where you can bomb and kill any how ,nigerats in Ghana be warn
Like I said earlier, this shyt must stop and Ghanaians should not allow these. A lot of these actresses get abused by some low life people calling themselves director, especially those from Nigeria. Nonsense
The sad part of this is that, even the producer of the TV series-Living with Trisha does not think what the Director did is out of place—and that it is grossly wrong.
He called me this morning to ask for this article to be removed as it is somehow painting a bad picture of hem.
I expected him to start by saying we’ve apologize to the actress and we are in talks with her to make things right, before even jumping to the issue of the article.
From the way he spoke, it sounded like this is not new and will not be the last. I say so because I did not hear him condemning any of the things (even the ones he agreed actually took place).
He said he is called Tamakloe—therefore a Ghana. So it is not an issue of a Nigerian doing this or that, rather a group of men with some sort of industry power in their hands who think they can do as they please to young women looking for a career in the industry.
It doesn’t seem to shock me much since there is no bit of professionalism and respect left in the Ghanaian Movie Industry.