Kerala Actress Assault Case Verdict LIVE Updates: The Malayalam film industry and the Keralites received a massive shock on February 19, 2017, when a popular actress was abducted and sexually assaulted in a moving car.
The actress, who is one of the most prominent leading ladies of Malayalam cinema, was returning from a film shoot in Thrissur, Kerala, when she was abducted by a group of men, who assaulted her and recorded the visuals.
The police proceeded with the investigation, and arrested Martin Antony, the driver of the vehicle, and Sunil NS aka Pulsar Suni, who was identified as the main accused, along with four other men. However things took a different turn when Dileep, who is one of the biggest stars of Malayalam cinema, was accused of orchestrating the crime.
This was followed by the general body meeting of AMMA (Association Of Malayalam Movie Actors), after which Dileep was thrown out. The popular actor was arrested in July 2017 for his alleged involvement in the crime, and spent over 83 days in the jail before the court grant him bail. According to the prosecution, the ‘Janapriyanayakan’ orchestrated the crime as a revenge on the survivor, for exposing his affair with current wife Kavya Madhavan, to his ex-wife Manju Warrier.
Now, after over eight years of endless allegations, revelations, trials, multiple postponements, and delays, the actress assault case is finally about to get its verdict today (December 8, 2025). What is in store for Dileep and other accused?