Shimon Ishimaru reveals why he demanded $12M from Smile-Up for Johnny Kitagawa’s alleged sexual abuse before the trial.
1Old Men’s Friends Club ★.Dec. 19, 2024 (Thu) 14:11:09.72ID:vbdsrhi+9
Shimon Ishimaru (57), who served as vice-chair of the Johnny’s Sexual Assault Victims Association (disbanded in September this year), which claims to have been sexually assaulted by Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of the former Johnny & Associates (now Smile-up.), has been sued by the company over the amount of compensation he should receive. This is because there is a large gap between the amount of compensation offered by Smile and the amount Ishimaru requested, but there have also been criticisms from the public about Ishimaru’s high claim. What are Ishimaru’s true intentions? Ahead of the first oral argument (December 20th, Saitama District Court), Mr. Ishimaru gave an interview to aera dot. An envelope from the Saitama District Court arrived at Mr. Ishimaru’s home on November 5th. “I received mail in an envelope from the court, and when I opened it, inside was a lawsuit from smile-up. The complaint was 22 pages long and detailed with allegations. I plan to go to court without a lawyer. I prepared my own answer to each and every item in the complaint.” Smile Inc. offered Ishimaru 18 million yen in compensation in February this year, but this amount was far short of what Ishimaru had requested. Subsequent mediation did not bridge the gap between the two parties, and Smile Inc. has reportedly filed a lawsuit in the Saitama District Court, seeking confirmation that it is not liable for damages exceeding 18 million yen. Mr. Ishimaru’s smartphone contained the reply that he had painstakingly written. Ishimaru looks back on the progress of the compensation negotiations thus far: “On February 8th of this year, I met for the first time with a lawyer from the Victim Relief Committee set up by smile-up. Even at our third meeting around May, there was still a big gap between the amount I had expected and what we had in mind, so we ended up at a stalemate. Then, smile-up.’s lawyer said, ‘We want to mediate the matter in court.'” At first, Ishimaru was reluctant to take the matter to mediation. “When I asked whether mediation would take time and result in a lower amount, smile-up.’s lawyer replied, ‘That’s something the mediator will decide,’ and ‘We’ll cover all the costs.’ After about 30 minutes of persuasion, I agreed to mediation.” Initially, Ishimaru was reluctant to take the matter to mediation. “When I asked whether mediation would take time and result in a lower amount, smile-up.’s lawyer replied, ‘That’s something the mediator will decide,’ and ‘We’ll cover all the costs.’ After about 30 minutes of persuasion, we agreed to mediation.” Continued by aera 2024/12/19/ 11:00.
The mass media insists that “the talent is not at fault!!!” and still uses Johnny’s talents all the time, but if a senior talent knows that their juniors will suffer the same fate and yet doesn’t do what they should, it’s a crime of omission and a big problem. Childish excuses like “I only know about it at the rumor level” won’t work.
>>5 Then why not start by saying that to the three members of SMAP who are acting like victims and saying they were frozen out by the agency? Are you also blaming Sorimachi and Sky-Hi who were once affiliated with the agency? Anti-brained people who just want to get rid of ex-Johnny’s talents somehow are also making meaningless statements that are a form of slander. If you go too far, you might end up excluding those who want to get rid of Johnny’s talents and get the cart before the horse lol.
She was told by her uncle to debut as a Ninja unit, but when she said she wanted to debut solo, her agency cut her off. She seems to be a bit selfish. I don’t know how the court decides, but she’s put herself in a situation where she can’t complain even if the amount ends up being around 2 million.
In other words, he couldn’t survive on just 18 million yen after his welfare was terminated, so he demanded 100 times that amount as lifetime compensation (including the cost of moving to America).
> “I made detailed calculations of the lost earnings from age 22, when I would have been able to work, to age 56,
and the living expenses that will likely be incurred from the current age of 57 onwards. The claim is that “this is the profit that would have been obtained if the damage had not occurred,” but the purpose of the mediation is to confirm whether this is reasonable and whether the amount would have really been obtained if the damage had not occurred.
Even for murder, the standard compensation is around 35 million yen, so why is it 1.8 billion yen for a sexual assault based only on a testimony? It’s completely ridiculous.
>>39 If there hadn’t been any damage, he might have joined Shonentai, Hikaru Genji, and Arashi and made that much money. I remember him saying that he wanted to go to Hawaii and live safely, so he adjusted to the high prices there.
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