{"id":108222,"date":"2025-01-20T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/netflix-to-premiere-new-series-by-film-director-bresson-embroiled-in-sexual-harassment-scandal\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:06:10","slug":"netflix-to-premiere-new-series-by-film-director-bresson-embroiled-in-sexual-harassment-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/netflix-to-premiere-new-series-by-film-director-bresson-embroiled-in-sexual-harassment-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix to premiere new series by Film Director Bresson, embroiled in sexual harassment scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan drama series<em> &#8216;Kash Money&#8217;<\/em> is set to premiere on Netflix on 31 January 2025.<br \/>\nPhillippe Bresson and Grace Kahaki of Insignia Productions produced and directed the show, which delves into the complex dynamics of a powerful family dynasty.<br \/>\nThe series unravels a gripping story of secrets, betrayal, and dark family dynamics. It explores complex themes of greed, lust, and land grabs\u2014and the extreme measures people will take to gain wealth and power.<br \/>\n<em>Kash Money<\/em> features an all-star cast that includes John Sibi-Okumu, Sanaipei Tande, Amara Tari, Lenana Kariba, Makbul Mohamed, Janet Mbugua, Morris Mwangi, Dedan Juma, Joey Muthengi, Oliver Litondo, Shiv Singh, Ronnie Kariuki, and Anastaciah Liz Wamoro.<br \/>\nThe announcement comes as Bresson is embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal involving actress Grace Wacuka.<br \/>\nMs. Wacuka, who played &#8216;Olivia&#8217; in Showmax&#8217;s viral <em>&#8216;Single Kiasi&#8217;,<\/em> another series directed by Bresson, has come forward to accuse the director of Insignia Production of allegedly sexually harassing her during a set of <em>Single Kiasi<\/em> in November 2022.<br \/>\nThe actress claims that during this particular set, the Director made advances towards her while touching her inappropriately.<br \/>\nShe claims the saga began when Bresson called her out for not doing the scene well, threatening that he wouldn&#8217;t offer her any new work in the future, which caused Wacuka to burst into tears.<br \/>\nHowever, Ms Wacuka claims Bresson&#8217;s direction in that scene was flawed.<br \/>\n&#8220;In that particular scene, his direction did not make sense to me,&#8221; Wacuka said.<br \/>\nAs Wacuka burst into tears, the director called for a break to help her calm down.<br \/>\n&#8220;During the break, unfortunately, no one else was there, Phillippe came to me and I thought he would apologize. (Instead) he grabbed my h*ns and put them on his a*s and told me &#8216;Hold me like you love me&#8217;. The actress claims.<br \/>\nAfter rejecting the advances, she claims Bresson dismissed the incident and threatened to exclude her from future film work.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan drama series &#8216;Kash Money&#8217; is set to premiere on Netflix on 31 January 2025. Phillippe Bresson and Grace Kahaki of Insignia Productions produced and directed the show, which delves into the complex dynamics of a powerful family dynasty. The series unravels a gripping story of secrets, betrayal, and dark family dynamics. It explores complex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}