Yamaguchi Maho responded to Sponichi’s article in which they posted two-shot photos from an AKB48 meeting of her and her assailants and trying to say that she was close with them. And the hand gestures were a code that she and the assailants shared to indicate the rooms that they were staying at.
For anyone who has been to an AKB48 meet and greet and a two-shot photo knows that there people can request certain types of photos and the idol tends to go with the flow.
Yamaguchi explained on how the fan meeting two-shots worked and her frustration from Sponichi’s report:
スポニチさんが名誉毀損すぎるのでもう関わりたくないけど言わせてもらいます。ファンの方はご存知の通りイベント写真会はリクエストされたポーズをします。それをカメラ目線でやるので相手が何のポーズしているかもほぼ分かりません。AKB新聞やってて写真会の仕組みも分かっているはずなのに酷すぎる https://t.co/kQjufb7hsT
— 山口真帆 (@maho_yamaguchi) October 29, 2019
独占入手って昨日の裁判資料？横流ししてもらった以外何があるんだろう？
襲われたら会社に謝されて、メンバーにはSNSで嫌がらせされて、辞めてからは他のメンバーがやってたことを私のせいにされて。こんな会社ある？
犯人との私的交流は現メンバーが認めてるのに。出してないけどその音声もあります— 山口真帆 (@maho_yamaguchi) October 29, 2019
いや、「俺も写真会でポーズ指定して2ショット撮ったから繋がりの証拠ww」ってイベントの写真送ってくるのやめてください😂
イライラしてたけど笑っちゃった😂
皆さんありがとう🥺— 山口真帆 (@maho_yamaguchi) October 29, 2019
It’s a shame that in this day and age, there are those in Japanese media who have a hard time with understanding when a woman is assaulted, that they have to find a negative reason and show that the female must be involved, as if to make the victim as the person responsible.
The “photos” reported by the media outlet from an AKB48 event two-shot to show a link to those that assaulted her as evidence she is close with the assailants is possibly one of the weakest, badly-researched reporting we have seen to breakdown and turn things around towards a victim of assault.
As many people who have attended these type events are writing on social media in defense of Yamaguchi Maho, interactions are quick, random and by no means does a two-shot photo at an AKB48 meeting event show a connection as if they were friends of the assailants.
We applaud Yamaguchi Maho for standing up for herself and the many who have voiced their opinion on the news site and on social media and calling out the specific media outlet for irresponsible reporting.
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