Actress starring in a morning drama makes a shocking confession: “I was brainwashed by Ms. Makiko Esumi.

The statement written by Iwasaki contains the following shocking testimony.

I believe that [Esumi] took advantage of Mr. K’s inability to make normal decisions to extort money from him.

Mr. K, who is crippled, was grabbed by both sides by Makiko and Mr. A (an acquaintance of Esumi’s) and taken directly to the notary public’s office, and Mr. K told me that he could not move and had to obey them.

Makiko sent me a long-winded text on LINE and said, “Can you send this to my dad (Mr. K) as Hiromi-chan’s opinion? (omitted). Unable to disobey Makiko, I did as I was told and sent the LINE to Mr. K. The same thing was persistently repeated over and over again. （I was instructed by Mr. Esumi to erase them, and I erased many of them.

In his written statement, Iwasaki described his own situation in the following surprising way.

I was completely brainwashed by Makiko, and perhaps Mr. K was as well.

I think I was deceived and used as a front for Makiko.

To ask about the lawsuit, this magazine directly interviewed Iwasaki when he came out of his Tokyo home, but he calmly repeated, “I’m sorry. He seemed to be aware of the lawsuit, but did not answer any questions.

When we interviewed the lawyer representing Ezumi about the statement, he responded as follows.

Mr. K visited the notary public office in a motorized wheelchair, and it is obvious that he cannot ‘grab the sides’ of a man in a wheelchair. In addition, Mr. Iwasaki received over 6 million yen in preferential tuition from KIST. (Therefore) Mr. Iwasaki has a motive to (testify) in favor of KIST and the plaintiffs.”

A civil trial pitting the stars of two national dramas, “Shomuni” and “Futarikko,” against each other. Which side will win?