NGT48 Assault Case Summary for May 9, 2020

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 5/9 (Saturday).

• Maho in MAQUIA’s tweet and Instastory
  • https://i.imgur.com/YGarBA2.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/vFwtu2R.jpg
• Nishimura Nanako: “#ItIsNishigataAndOginoAfterAll”
  • https://i.imgur.com/kIJZVUz.jpg
• KeyHolder belatedly suspends their shareholder special benefits program
  • https://i.imgur.com/apBxESb.png
  • KeyHolder’s shareholder special benefits
    • https://i.imgur.com/UC5jmcH.png
    • https://i.imgur.com/RNpqZ5e.jpg
• Tano Ayaka makes various remarks
  • “Story about the Reset Marathon” (5:45~)
  • “I absolutely won’t be flamed again” (54:30~)
  • “It’s free for you to say, but it doesn’t make any sense. Since it’s free you can say whatever, but it’s just a story” (54:00~)
  • https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1259024365540143107/pu/vid/640×368/qGu603Vp65wz9QoN.mp4
  • “2020年05月08日 23時02分40秒 太野 彩香 (NGT48)”
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jshsp1IO8Vw
• Regarding the special poster appearances for the NGT Story event, JR East responded, “We don’t know the actual situation at the moment”, “Our contract with NGT expired at the end of the 2018 fiscal year”, and “When we receive a formal request to put up advertising, the decision will be based on our internal criteria”.
  • https://i.imgur.com/2e8ocW3.jpg

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Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone.

Why is this here? My original announcement