[Video]Shiori Ito “Illustrations hurt my soul” The trial against Toshiko Hasumi begins: Tokio Shimbun TOKYO Web

Shiori Ito (31), a journalist who announced the damage caused by sexual violence,defamation（Hibo）On the 17th, the Tokyo District Court (Judge Shoji Oda) made the first oral argument in a lawsuit requesting Mr. Toshiko Sumi to compensate for damages of 5.5 million yen and delete the publication, claiming that the illustration was posted on Twitter. Met. Mr. Ito said, “I can’t forget it even now. The illustrations deeply wound my soul.”

◆ For those who suffer a second violation

Mr. Ito complained: “My desire to recover from the damage and regain my daily life was trampled on.” He added: “I still cannot forget the morning when I first saw an illustration that ridiculed my hurt. Mr. Hasumi’s illustration was instantly spread on the Internet. Why can I laugh and share the hurt? I was scared and suffered to go out and walk by the city “.

After the trial, he said: “There are many people involved in the spread of the second violation. I started the trial for many suffering the same harm as I go along.

◆ Hasumi has a fighting attitude

Mr. Hasumi displayed a fighting attitude, but Mr. Hasumi himself did not appear in court. Additionally, Ito asked the creator and two male doctors to pay 2.2 million yen to retweet (reprint) and spread Hasumi’s post, but both showed their willingness to fight.

According to the complaint, Mr. Hasumi published 5 cases, including an illustration depicting a woman who appears to be Mr. Ito from June 2017 to December last year, and described it as a “pillow business”. Mr. Ito claims that he was disgraced as if the sexual violence report was a lie.

Hasumi said in a post that “cartoons are fiction and have nothing to do with the real person,” but Ito said that “he can easily be identified as Mr. Ito from the design and content.” (Mochizuki Iko)