Alleged music director James Vasanthan has come under widespread criticism for a Facebook post that blamed the gang-rape survivor for her own assault, describing the young woman as “wrong” for being in a secluded area at night with a male friend.
The post, written in Tamil in Facebook and shared widely, came after a private college student was gang-raped near Coimbatore airport on 2 November 2025 by three men. The Peelamedu police later arrested the accused after an encounter in the Thudiyalur forest area.
Instead of condemning the brutality of the crime, Vasanthan’s reaction targeted the victim. “First, the woman is wrong,” he wrote. “How can she go to such a lonely place?” He went on to say that the boy “should have been strong enough to save her,” adding that the woman should not have gone out at night with a man to an uninhabited area.
The alleged musician even described the assault in flippant terms, saying the three rapists had “three minutes of half-pleasure each” and that their lives were now “over.” Critics have slammed this remark as grotesquely trivializing the survivor’s trauma and treating the assault as a cautionary tale instead of a violent crime.
Yov podhivudamai, James Vasanth,
Unna dhaan kekranga. https://t.co/8jMxzZBCee pic.twitter.com/N4ZUzH4mWV— I’m Irony | ஆபத்துதவி (@pathar_maarenge) November 4, 2025
He further continued his “advice” saying,
“5. They will blame each other. They will cry in despair. They will not be able to face their parents and others face to face, and their heads will not be raised no matter how many years they spend.
6. No one who commits such crimes can escape without being caught. They will be trapped.
7. There will be someone reading this who has such perverse thoughts. Do not regret doing something like this in the future. Do not even think about the welfare of the woman. Do not engage in such activities for your own welfare. Even if you cry and grieve in prison alone, you will not get your life back.
8. Avoid the wrong friend.”
Nowhere in his long post did Vasanthan acknowledge the survivor’s suffering, demand justice, or question how such an attack occurred in a supposedly policed zone. Instead, his words placed moral blame squarely on the woman, reinforcing the idea that a woman’s “mistake” is what invites violence – a classic case of rape apologia disguised as moral advice – much similar to what West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee did in the most recent rape case in her state.
(Source: Nakkheeran)
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