Higashikokubaru Hideo and Matsumoto Hitoshi speculate that “he will be able to make a smooth comeback and the damage will be minimal，” and that “he will not be sued as a criminal offender．．．there was no such fact．”
Hideo Higashikokubaru (67), former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture and a talent, updated his YouTube channel by the 10th. He commented on the recent conclusion of a lawsuit filed against Downtown member Matsumoto Hitoshi (61) in which he had sought 550 million yen in damages from the publisher Bungeishunju and others for defamation following an article in the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun alleging that he had forced himself into sexual acts. In a video titled “As someone who experienced the Bunshun trial, my thoughts on Matsumoto Hitoshi’s withdrawal of the lawsuit,” he mentioned Matsumoto’s return. “Some reports have suggested that Matsumoto Hitoshi’s image has been tarnished, that it has been damaged, and that the damage is great, but I don’t think that’s the case,” he began, adding, “I think the damage can now be kept to a minimum. I don’t think it’s as big as people say,” he asserted. She continued, “Especially as we get closer to the New Year, the atmosphere will change and I think I’ll be able to return smoothly.” “I don’t know if at first it will be online, on stage, on radio, or on late-night shows, but I think he will be able to gradually make a comeback from there,” he said. As a reason, he said, “Because this is not a criminal case,” and added, “As I have said many times, if Ms. A and Ms. B were truly forced into sexual acts, then it should be prosecuted as a criminal case. I kept telling them to sue as a civil or criminal offense, but the fact that they did not do so means, as I have said many times, that no such facts existed,” he said.
>>1 It’s the other way around. If it becomes a criminal case like Takeshi’s Friday case, he’ll recover quicker. The suspension period will be put to an end, but in Matsumoto’s case, it’s unclear what happened at the moment, it will be difficult for sponsors to use him, and new facts may come to light.
>>2 Statute of limitations expired It’s strange that he didn’t sue even though he had a lawyer and the statute of limitations hadn’t expired, considering that he had a strong style and attended Ozawa’s drinking parties many times, even though he was attacked to gather evidence, despite the risk of being attacked again.
There are a lot of people who are suspended or faded out even though it hasn’t become a criminal offense. Since when did you become safe as long as you don’t get arrested?
I don’t know about Higashikokubara, but I think anyone who wants to lick their wounds and get a job while also avoiding being investigated for their own past scandals will desperately want to protect Matsumoto. Of course it makes me feel like I’m apart of the world.
Regardless of what they did, when you see how in soccer or baseball, even when reports of crimes are filed, charges are not filed and players are able to return, it seems stupid to make such a fuss about something like a Bunshun report.
Matsumoto Hitoshi started the lawsuit on his own and then dropped it himself, but nothing’s over lol. There will be more scoops and more news in the future. He’s been doing that for decades now.
I hope everyone will not forget how angry he was, and how angry his sponsors were, at his actions, which showed disrespect for women who were part of the tribute system, when he selected a stewardess from a major company as his junior, took her cell phone away, and tricked her into drinking with him in a hotel.
>>42 Their characters are completely different. Watabe was known for being refreshing at the height of his popularity and appeared on shows that targeted older women, so he ended up making them his enemies.
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