Amid Allegations, Saito Shinji’s Wife Saori Seto Responds Seriously

Seto moves to Saito’s defense

In mid-October, when the autumn sun was shining, TV personality Saori Seto (36) was walking on a street in Shibuya Ward.

She was dressed in rough clothes, “a navy blue shirt and loose-fitting pants. Her dog was peeking out from a backpack she was carrying around her chest. I thought he was walking his dog, but he went into a nearby train station. He was not wearing a mask or sunglasses and did not seem to be concerned about being seen.

At this very moment, Seto was facing a family crisis. It was shortly after her husband, Shinji Saito (42), formerly of “Jungle Pocket,” was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of sexual misconduct and indecent assault.

On October 7, Saito was sent to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on charges of sexually assaulting a female celebrity in her twenties on a location bus that had been prepared for the filming of a TV show. Yoshimoto Kogyo, to which he belonged, announced the termination of his contract on the same day that the case was reported. In addition, the October 10 issue of Shukan Bunshun (weekly magazine) reported that Saito had created a large amount of debts through gambling and had repeatedly asked his fellow comedians for money.

Saito’s annual income is said to have been 40-50 million yen, but he must have been in dire straits, because he sometimes asked for money in the hundreds of thousands or millions of yen to be lent to him by tomorrow,” said a sports newspaper entertainment reporter.

Seto is a member of the idol unit “Scoop! and as a horse racing idol. Even after her marriage to Saito in 2005, she actively posted information about her family on SNS and other social networking sites. She still has more than 50,000 followers on Instagram.

On the day her husband was arrested, Seto took to her SNS to defend him, writing, “There are reports of sexual assault, but some of them are not true. Seto’s comment drew a lot of criticism, and on January 9, the victim’s lawyer responded, saying, “I was given comments that are different from the facts, as if I am at fault.

What exactly are the “facts” that Seto is referring to? We directly interviewed Seto.

No letter or business card received. ……

–Friday, Mr. Seto.

Since we have nothing to talk about.

–Will you please talk to us?

Please don’t follow me.”

He brushed off both the letter and business card, saying, “I don’t need them. Without slowing down, Seto walked away.

Last year, when Friday reported Saito’s alleged infidelity, Seto sent the following message on her social networking service.

I reprimanded her firmly and my husband is sorry.

I married my husband with the understanding that he would have fun.”

Although there were some who supported Seto’s resolute attitude despite the fact that she herself was a victim of adultery, there were also those who criticized the couple for merely putting out fires together. How is she going to overcome her husband’s misconduct that has occurred again, this time – how is she going to overcome it?