The National Police stated that they had not established circumstances that could indicate sexual harassment of female students by Volodymyr Talashko, a teacher at the Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television named after I. Karpenko-Karyi.
This is stated in the response of the National Police to the request of Interfax — Ukraine.
The publication does not mention the name of the teacher, but in the summer of 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy initiated a review of the public statements of former female university students who accused the teacher of this university, the Ukrainian actor, star of the film "Only "old men" go to battle Volodymyr Talashko of harassment.
The National Police emphasized that the police department of the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv received complaints about alleged cases of sexual harassment, and they were entered into the journal of registration of statements and reports of criminal offenses. However, after a series of checks, no circumstances were found that "may indicate the commission of a criminal offense." The police noted that, in connection with this, information was not entered into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations.
Neither Talashko nor former university students have yet commented on the police statements.
- On August 8, 2021, screenwriter Bohdan Irvin published two stories of former applicants of the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television. The women told about sexual harassment by Volodymyr Talashko, a teacher of this higher education institution. After that, several more students and journalist Iryna Sampan, who interviewed him, told about harassment from Talashko.
- Talashko denied all the charges. The university said that he would be removed from work while the commission, which is supposed to check information about harassment, works. On November 8, 2021, it became known that Talashko resigned of his own free will.