■SNS defamation lawsuit (vs. Shohei Osawa)
[Court summary]
On August 20, 2020, he filed a lawsuit against Shohei Osawa (former associate professor at the University of Tokyo and president of the AI venture Daisy) for defamation on Twitter, seeking 1.1 million yen in damages (1 million yen in compensation and 100,000 yen in attorney's fees).
This case concerned a tweet posted by Osawa at 4:58 pm on June 24, 2020, with the caption "Isn't Ito Shiori a fake name?! #forcedsexualintercourse #AshiAkakunin," along with an image that appeared to be part of the official gazette announcement regarding the bankruptcy case No. 14722 of Heisei 22 (Fu) of the Tokyo District Court.
On July 6, 2021, a ruling was handed down in favor of the plaintiff, Mr. Ito.
[Judgment]
The defendant shall pay the plaintiff 330,000 yen plus interest at the rate of 3% per annum from June 24, 2020 until payment is made.
The defendant is requested to delete the posted articles listed in the attached list of posted articles.
The full judgment is available on the court's website.
https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_jp/detail4?id=90608
A verdict report meeting was held on July 6, 2021. Details
▷ Summary of Opinion Statement
▷ Issues and court findings and judgments
[Background to this event]
August 20, 2020: Lawsuit filed
November 2, 2020 First oral argument
April 20, 2021: Second oral argument (Mr. Ito's statement)
July 6, 2021: Verdict in favor of plaintiff Ito
(The first-instance ruling was finalized without any appeal from the opposing party, but the payment of damages awarded by the court and the deletion of the article have yet to be fulfilled.)