When a blackmailer threatened Jiang Mengjie with upskirt videos, he may not have anticipated that she would not take things sitting down. The 33-year-old actress who first rose to fame in a costume drama is back with the fantasy series The Legends of Changing Destiny opposite Raymond Lam. However, she’s recently taken to social media to reveal that someone has tried to blackmail her with upskirt videos.
She said that the footage was taken many years ago but they only found out after people started leaving weird comments on her social media platforms. At this time, a friend from overseas sent her a copy. It was a video of her being maliciously photographed in a downtown area many years ago.
Netizens told her that the clip has already been posted to various platforms and online communities. Jiang Mengjie and her staff were not only angered and disgusted, they also felt helpless. They felt that the chances of finding the culprit are very slim. Not long after, she was blackmailed. The actress shared snippets of their conversation where the blackmailer would say, “Don’t be nervous, I just want money…” The blackmailer threatened to sell the video to other parties and even said he’d go to Zhuo Wei, China’s well-known paparazzi.
Jiang Mengjie finally decided that enough is enough and decided to report it to the authorities. When collecting evidence, they found that the number of people who were secretly filmed far exceeded their imagination. There may be even more people who were blackmailed. Photos were not only secretly taken, some sold videos in various ways to make money. Luckily, police were able to apprehend the suspect. Jiang Mengjie closed her post with a powerful message: “It is not our fault that we have been secretly photographed. Our lives should not be affected by this kind of thing.”
In this age where victim-blaming is rampant, netizens are lauding the actress for taking a stand. They said that with a celebrity like her speaking up, more victims will have the courage to also share their stories.
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