Johnny and Associates Sex Abuse Victim Reported Dead in Possible Suicide
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A man in his 40s, who was a member of the association for victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, has died in Japan.
While the police have not commented, reputable local media on Tuesday reported that it is a possible case of death by suicide.
The unnamed man’s body was found in the mountains near Osaka in mid-October. Local media reports that a suicide note was discovered with the corpse. “The man, a resident of Osaka city, was found in the mountains in Minoo alongside what is believed to be a suicide note.
He had claimed to have been sexually abused by Kitagawa,” said the Kyodo news agency. Some 300 male artists were found to have been sexually abused over a period of several decades by Kitagawa, who ran what was once the most powerful talent agency in Japan and died in 2019.
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