TOKYO (TR) – Of the greater than 1,000 individuals who have filed claims of sexual abuse from Johnny Kitagawa, the previous head of the expertise company as soon as generally known as Johnny and Associates, round half have been compensated, the corporate now operating the company stated.
On October 15, SMILE-UP up to date the “Particular Website for Compensation” on their official web site to disclose that 530 individuals have come to an settlement relating to compensation. Of them, 503 individuals have been paid.
For many years, Kitagawa educated younger boys to turn into stars inside his company Johnny and Associates. Final yr, the BBC documentary “Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop” make clear sexual abuse carried out by Kitagawa. Because of this, the corporate modified its title to SMILE-UP and arrange a session desk for the victims.
For over 50 years, Japan’s media did not report on the sexual abuse carried out by Kitagawa regardless of victims having come ahead. This failure continued even after Kitagawa died in 2019.
The BBC documentary stated that the rationale for the lapse was Kitagawa’s immense energy he wielded over the media, whose retailers used his stars of their programming.
Based on SMILE-UP, 237 individuals who filed claims have dropped out of contact. The corporate notified one other 213 those that they won’t be supplied compensation.
“The 213 individuals who have been notified that compensation wouldn’t be supplied are individuals who, on account of verifying the paperwork submitted and interviews by our firm’s consultant, have been unable to be confirmed as both employed at our firm or as a sufferer,” SMILE-UP stated.
“For the reason that Sufferer Aid Committee started accepting compensation purposes, we now have obtained compensation purposes from a complete of 1,000 individuals as of as we speak. Of those, 237 individuals haven’t responded regardless of a number of makes an attempt to contact them.”
SMILE-UP is continuous to simply accept purposes from individuals looking for compensation. “We are going to proceed to be sympathetic to the emotions of those that have been victimized and can do our utmost to supply immediate and acceptable compensation,” the corporate stated.
