Even over a year after initial allegations the Ali Zafar harassment case is still developing.
Last year when Meesha Shafi came out with her allegations against Ali Zafar, a lot of people did not believe her until a few other women also joined in and claimed that they had had similar experiences or witnessed them. One of those women was Sofi, a Twitter user claiming to be based in the United States.
In her original tweet, Sofi claimed that she was working as an organizer for a fund raiser and had sent a girl to receive Ali Zafar but he allegedly tried to be inappropriate with her. And thus she knew he was someone capable of harassment.
However, soon after Sofi disappeared from Twitter and a lot of people suspected she was a fake account in the first place since no one really knew her. The additional information about the location and date of the incident that she provided fell apart since people brought contrary evidence of Ali Zafar’s whereabouts for the day she was talking about.
After making what were later claimed as false accusations against Ali Zafar the Twitter user has returned and is now apologizing to Ali
Now Sofi has returned claiming that she had been wrong to accuse Ali Zafar. She said she did not know the actual story and when Twitter users had told her about contrary facts, she deleted her accusation immediately.
Last year, I tweeted 👇🏻when a young lady confided her harassment experience with Ali Zafar; I deleted it in a day when certain information was brought to my knowledge which contradicted her description of the incident to me. pic.twitter.com/6nwBvunk2d
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 22, 2019
She’s saying she returned to Twitter after deleting her last account to apologize, after a whole year
I am a victim of harassment & a MeToo supporter & inclined to blv a woman’s acvount but sometimes our faith in people is misplaced. I regret the pain my naïveté & lack of impartial judgement has caused Mr Zafar & I hope this can make amends!
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 22, 2019
She addressed Ali Zafar and asked for his forgiveness
@AliZafarsays I am sorry that a lie I was told & believed hastily( bcos liar ws very young) though deleted is still being used to bash you & cause you pain. I shud have clarified much sooner but I was afraid of the trolls & online stalking & abuse. I hope this can atone for it.
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 22, 2019
She stated that she was not doing this out of any fear or coercion but to clear her own conscience
Also I am not tweeting under any coercision or legal threats, ppl can do their homework & check against whom the FIA cases are. I am tweeting and( I should have done much earlier )because my original tweet is still being used so a retraction was morally the right thing to do
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 23, 2019
People are raising questions about this apology being made by the accuser
You joined twitter in September 2019 and tweeted this last year?? https://t.co/yhgqOUet8y
— Natasha (@OhTripe) September 23, 2019
But Sofi said that she had deactivated her account and decided to make it again only so that she could post this clarification.
People were convinced that this was a fake account and was being handled by someone else who was using the username to convince the public of their narrative
I deactivated my account last year. You lose followers wud you do that. And your point is? It’s a legal proceedings, both parties know v well it’s a real acvount & a real person. Perhaps use Sherlock brain elsewhere than to invalidate a sincere apology? 🙄just a thought
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 23, 2019
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— Tony Khan (@marketingdude) September 23, 2019
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FAKE ACCOUNT ALERT !!— Faisal (@FIN_222) September 23, 2019
Account didn't even existed before this tweet. Kuch to garbar hai daya!!!
— Asfand Ali (@asfandali100) September 23, 2019
first endorsement is from Dr. Virk, that about says it all.
— Ahmed (@azkhawaja1) September 23, 2019
She further went on to say that she was keeping her anonymity due to dangerous threats she had been receiving from trolls
The reasons of not clarifying earlier are due to very serious harassment. I wud request individuals/ journalists involved in this matter to protect my privacy & anonymity. I reserve the right for legal action against doxing as it wud endanger my personal safety!
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 23, 2019
I can’t -at the moment-describe what harassment I faced, but there are people aware of it, & it was life threatening enough for me to stop visiting Pakistan all together. Do be gentle when you troll, y cud actually endangering a life!
— Sofi (@seraphina444) September 23, 2019
Her anonymous profile and no one knowing her personally merely add to the speculation that this is a fake account and we might never get clarity about this situation.
What do you think about this account’s authenticity and her retracting her accusation against Ali Zafar? Let us know in the comments below.
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