Former Yomiuri Giants manager 'daughter assault' becomes a messy mud-slinging battle → "He choked me" vs "100% false, legal action to be taken"

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The resignation scandal of former Yomiuri Giants manager Abe Shinnosuke (47), who plummeted from a legendary star of Japanese professional baseball to a suspect in domestic violence overnight, is escalating into a messy public exposure battle. After a Japanese weekly magazine revealed shocking internal records from a child protection facility, Abe's side has responded by labeling the claims "100% false," pushing the situation toward a crisis.

According to multiple local media outlets, including Sports Nippon Annex, former manager Abe held a press conference on the afternoon of May 26 to announce his voluntary resignation. Dressed in a suit with a stern expression, Abe could not hold back his tears throughout the conference, sobbing uncontrollably. He bowed his head, saying, "I have dirtied the name of the traditional Yomiuri Giants with my own hands. I deeply regret causing irreparable disappointment to the club, the players, and the fans."

The incident began around 7:10 p.m. on May 25 at Abe's home in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. While intervening in an argument between his 18-year-old eldest daughter and his 15-year-old second daughter, Abe lost his composure and used violence when the eldest daughter talked back.

At the time, the eldest daughter consulted the conversational AI "ChatGPT" on how to handle the situation following her father's physical assault and followed the AI's instruction to report to a child counseling center. Police were dispatched following the report from the child counseling center. Abe, who tested positive for alcohol at the time of arrest, was immediately arrested on the spot as a caught-in-the-act offender.

A letter written by the eldest daughter, stating "Contrary to media reports, my father did not hit or kick me," was released during the May 26 resignation press conference, sparking some sympathy for the family.

However, counseling notes from the time of the report to the child protection facility, exposed by the electronic edition of the Japanese tabloid Weekly Bunshun three days later, turned the situation around. According to records obtained by the publication, Abe's eldest daughter listed specific injuries to a counselor, including "My father choked me," "He hit my back hard," and "Not only me, but other family members also suffered from assault." It was confirmed that when a staff member asked whether she had reported the incident to the police, she clearly replied, "Please report it."

Records revealed that the alcohol concentration measured by police at the time of dispatch was a staggering 0.65 mg, indicating that Abe, in a state of drunkenness equivalent to drinking more than 10 beers for an average adult, choked his children.

As public outrage grew following the exposé, Abe's side immediately launched a counterattack. Abe's legal team issued a formal statement on the 4th, directly refuting the Weekly Bunshun report. The legal team strongly asserted, "The Weekly Bunshun article is completely contrary to the truth, and the reported actions of Mr. Abe and his family are 100% different from the actual facts."

In particular, the legal team targeted the whistleblower who leaked information to the weekly magazine. They stated, "Officials from the child protection facility and law enforcement authorities have a legal obligation to maintain the confidentiality of investigations. Regardless of the truth of the contents, leaking this information to the media is clearly subject to criminal punishment. They submitted an official application requesting a swift investigation into the circumstances of the leak by the relevant institutional investor and severe punishment for the individual, warning of a legal mud-slinging battle."

Although he has stepped down, the area around Abe's former home remains in chaos due to an overheated media competition. According to the legal team, some reportersed near the residence and attempted unauthorized photography, leading to an emergency police dispatch.

Furthermore, the legal team emphasized, "Abe's family members are ordinary citizens, and especially his children attending middle and high school have suffered severe mental and physical deterioration due to indiscriminate secondary victimization on the internet and pressure from the media. We demand an immediate halt to actions that infringe on their privacy and threaten their peaceful lives. If excessive reporting and false news continue, we will take all possible legal measures, both civil and criminal."

With the weekly magazine's exposé of "child abuse while intoxicated and a false press conference" directly clashing with Abe's side's claim of "100% false reporting," and both sides solidifying their uncompromising legal stance, this incident is expected to spread beyond the Japanese baseball world into a broader societal legal battle.

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*This content was translated by AI.