<figure id="attachment_365601" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-365601" style="width: 525px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="03944684"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/03/f5d86fc8bedf751f4722e064b2788934.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-365601" class="wp-caption-text">The first oral argument with Hitoshi Matsumoto will be held on March 28. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
 The &#8220;Hitoshi Matsumoto Sexual Assault Issue&#8221; is about to be heard in the Tokyo District Court on March 28, with no new developments in sight. Instead, Matsumoto&#8217;s &#8220;cronies&#8221; are making a lot of noise.
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 This month, sexy actress Runa Shimotsuki posted an angry message on X (formerly Twitter) in response to a weekly magazine report on Matsumoto.
 Her post began with the words, &#8220;I am writing about Hitoshi Matsumoto because I cannot tolerate the content of an article full of lies like that.
 Her post, which begins with the words, &#8220;I&#8217;m writing this because I don&#8217;t forgive the content of the article full of lies about Hitoshi Matsumoto.
 According to the article, she attended the &#8220;hotel drinking party&#8221; at &#8220;The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka&#8221; mentioned in the magazine&#8217;s article, and the &#8220;gyaru-ish AV actress&#8221; in the article refers to herself.
 She also claims that Joko&#8217;s story and the description of &#8220;Tamuken,&#8221; or comedian Tamura Kenji, in the article are all lies. He also describes how &#8220;nice&#8221; Tamura Kenji is, and it is clear that this is a &#8220;covering shot&#8221; for him in his time of need.
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 The response on the Internet was also mixed.
 &#8220;How much can you trust what a good friend of mine says?
 Some people made calm judgments, saying, &#8220;He&#8217;s not being neutral.
 Some people made calm judgments, saying, &#8220;How much can you trust what a good friend of mine says?
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Some criticize the weekly magazines, saying, &#8220;Weekly magazines write nothing but lies.
 Some criticize the weekly magazines, saying, &#8220;Weekly magazines write nothing but lies.
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 While such local battles are breaking out, there is a point of interest in Shimotsuki&#8217;s statement that can be found at &#8230;&#8230;.
 In January, she posted the following.
 Bunshun, aren&#8217;t you missing the point? It&#8217;s a topic like &#8220;Hitoshi Matsumoto was playing with women. I don&#8217;t know, but that&#8217;s not the point, is it? It&#8217;s about something else. It&#8217;s getting harder and harder for celebrities to live in this world.
 I do think that the point of contention is off. But it&#8217;s not &#8220;Bunshun,&#8221; though.
 Apart from a series of drinking sessions, a shocking accusation was made by the 10th person, Iko, in the February 8 issue of &#8220;Shukan Bunshun.
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 According to the report, Iko, who worked at a massage salon in Tokyo, was forced to perform sexual acts on Matsumoto at the store 10 years ago; Iko had been suffering for 10 years, but after seeing the women&#8217;s accusations, she said, &#8220;If I continue to cry myself to sleep without reporting the damage, I will regret it for the rest of my life. &#8221; and in January of this year, she took her husband to the Shibuya Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to discuss the damage. Moreover, Iko was not the only one who was victimized at this restaurant.
 In the previous issue, a former TV personality who now works as a food coordinator, using her real name and face, reported a &#8220;horrifying experience&#8221; similar to the one described in the series of drinking sessions in the previous issue.
 Not only has Matsumoto&#8217;s side not refuted these two incidents, but even the &#8220;Matsumoto supporters,&#8221; including Shimotsuki and other comedians and commentators who defend Matsumoto and condemn &#8220;Bunshun,&#8221; have not mentioned them. It could be seen as a &#8220;refuting only the parts that are convenient.
 It is not possible that they did not read this article alone, but&#8230;

 A native of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Hiroyuki Sasaki became a reporter for FRIDAY at the age of 31 and has reported numerous scoops. Since then, he has continued to work mainly for weekly magazines. Currently, he also appears on TV and radio as a commentator.

 Hiroyuki Sasaki, entertainment journalist

 Yasuko Sakaguchi

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