Fuji TV staffer not prosecuted over alleged molestation of woman
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 10, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a male staff member of Fuji Television Network, Inc. over the alleged molestation of a woman in Minato Ward last year, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 10).
Early on September 2, 2020, Yohei Hayashi, 35, used a bicycle to approach the woman, aged in her 20s, as she walked on a road in Nishi Azabu. He then allegedly fondled her chest.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating metropolitan public nuisance ordinance on November 11, Hayashi denied the allegations, the Azabu Police Station said previously.
Professional wrestler Hana Kimura (From the official website of reality show Terrace House )
Tokyo police filed criminal papers with prosecutors on Dec. 17 against a man in his 20s on suspicion of contempt, in relation to the high-profile cyberbullying of a TV personality who killed herself.
Police said the resident of Minoo, Osaka Prefecture, was one of many who had cyberbullied the late Hana Kimura, a 22-year-old professional wrestler who had starred on the reality TV show “Terrace House.”
Her mother, Kyoko, released a statement after she heard that police had referred the man to the prosecutors’ office, saying she hopes the case will change the way people behave toward others online.