An independent investigation on the sexual scandal that shook Fuji TV, one of the main television networks in Japan, concluded it Masahiro Nakai, one of his stars and famous presenters singersRetired following the case, he sexually attacked an employee of the company.
Fuji Tv was involved in the scandal for his management of the case, which brought a multitude of advertisers a Remove the advertising of your chain, including the government.
The directive did not share the details of the accident, although some people were aware, including their president, Koichi Minato e It allowed Nakai to continue to appear in his programs for a year and a half After the accident.
Management “shows a small understanding of sexual violence and human rights“The report states, made by a committee for lawyers and presented on Monday at a dam wheel.
The scandal came to light last December, when a weekly reported it Nakai sexually attacked a chain presenter in June 2023, With which he reached an extrajudicial confidentiality agreement for a value of 90 million yen (about 560,000 euros), an unusually raised amount in the country.
After the revelations, the Minato president justified the decision by claiming that They tried to protect women’s privacy and give priority to physical and mental recovery.
The impact of the case led Nakai to announce his retreat from the world of entertainment in January, Have become numerous resignation in the chain -The more recent Thursday, that of Hisashi Hieda, veteran director of the owner of the average group of the chain and motivated the independent research presented today.
During a press conference to advertise the details, the lawyer Akira Takeuchi, representing the committee, He explained that they were based on five points to determine the existence of aggression.
First of all, the fact that the victim was made a confidentiality agreement signed and, secondly, the results of the physical and psychological exams Who have been practiced and that they determined that the woman developed post -traumatic stress after what happened, whose exact details are still unknown.
The group also took into account the messages exchanged by Nakai and the victim, The results of what has been studied internally by Fuji TV and the testimonies of both and other people.
The relationship stands out in particular to determine that there was aggression that Nakai and the victim did not maintain any relationship outside the work, that there was a clear difference in power between them, Being a consecrated star and has a presenter who had been in the chain for a few years and who went to meet with him in strictly professional theory.
On the management of Fuji, in addition to complaining that the directive covers the case to the relevant departments, They reproached them to not explain what happened to investors After publishing reports in the press, which generated a loss of trust.
