Former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai faces career repercussions after allegations of sexual misconduct. TV networks cancel shows featuring Nakai as investigations continue.
Major TV networks in Japan have distanced themselves from Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former member of the popular boy band SMAP , following media reports that he paid a woman a large settlement related to alleged sexual misconduct. The reports, which emerged last month, said that Nakai paid a lump sum of 90 million yen (RM2.56 million) to settle what most Japan ese media outlets have cautiously described as “sexual trouble” concerning an encounter that took place in 2023.
Details are scarce on the incident, but leading tabloid magazine Shukan Bunshun reported that it involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will”. Fuji TV said Wednesday that its weekly show hosted by Nakai was “cancelled for the time being” as a result of “our comprehensive review of the situation, in light of recent reports about our host Nakai”. Similarly, on Tuesday a weekly Nippon TV entertainment programme co-hosted by Nakai went on air with his appearances edited out. Nakai had agreed with the decision taken from a “comprehensive” standpoint, the broadcaster told AFP, adding that “appropriate measures will be taken” when asked what will happen to the show going forward. The now-disbanded SMAP swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the group’s nearly 30 years of fame. It told local media including the Asahi Shimbun daily that it is bound by a confidentiality agreement between the parties involved not to discuss details of what happened
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