A man in his 40s living in Aichi Prefecture has been accused of defaming the mother of professional wrestler Hana Kimura, who died three years ago while being slandered on SNS. Documents were sent for prosecution on suspicion.
Three other men have so far been referred to prosecutors over writings that defame her mother.
Professional wrestler Hana Kimura (22 at the time) took her life three years ago while receiving slanderous slander on social media for her behavior on a TV program she appeared on.
Kyoko, the mother, continues to appeal for the prevention of similar damage, but it has been confirmed that there are a series of writings that slander Kyoko on the Internet, and the Metropolitan Police Department, who received criminal charges, is malicious. We have been conducting investigations such as investigating the source of the writing.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, it was found that a man in his 40s living in Aichi Prefecture was suspected of writing content that slandered Kyoko on a bulletin board site three years ago in September. I sent the documents for inspection today.
So far, three other men have been sent documents to the prosecutor's office on suspicion of defamation and insults over writings that slander Kyoko.