NGT48 Assault Case Summary for January 28, 2021

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 1/28 (Thursday).

• Riko’s tweet
  • https://i.imgur.com/S64VBkU.png
• Rena’s tweets and videos
  • https://i.imgur.com/HbzGOWL.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/nWnVm9m.png
    • https://twitter.com/bbg_hasegawa315/status/1354754505066180614
  • “(A must-watch) We’ll tell you the success stories and the horror stories of things you absolutely must not do to pass a voice acting audition!!”
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb3Tg4-PwZw
  • “(A must-watch) We’ll tell you the success stories and the horror stories of things you absolutely must not do to pass a voice acting audition!!”
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcD0lNo49i0
• Official documents from Koshigaya City, Saitama (Part 7)
  • Question to Koshigaya City: “Did AKS ever provide a document in reply to the city’s request for a written response?”
    • Koshigaya City: “There was no written response from AKS.”
  • https://i.imgur.com/jHvoQPI.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/HDGFjAS.png
    • https://i.imgur.com/WM29IY8.jpg
    • https://i.imgur.com/WMGNFXn.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/xLsYZuZ.png
    • https://i.imgur.com/EGACErX.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/Pm9pyMf.png
  • Documents from meeting with HoriPro (The ■■ parts were blacked-out)
    • https://i.imgur.com/tgvWJmN.png
      • https://i.imgur.com/8aKXt7w.jpg
    • (Koshigaya City) Given the current situation where we see no prospect for improved management of NGT, and that Ogino’s activities for us will not lead to positive PR for the City, we would like to postpone our planned contracting agreement.
    • (HoriPro) That is understood. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
    • (Koshigaya City) What are your thoughts on AKS’ response to this series of incidents?
    • (HoriPro) ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
    • (Koshigaya City) What do you think about an official announcement on our homepage, etc. that Ogino will not be acting as our ambassador?
    • (HoriPro) A document released officially by the government will be spread around on the internet and elsewhere, and will likely lead to even more questions. At present, doesn’t it seem like the best approach is to wait and see how the situation develops?
    • https://i.imgur.com/OGWwqeZ.png
      • https://i.imgur.com/PnaOJtz.jpg
    • (Koshigaya City) How is Ogino doing right now?
    • (HoriPro) Compared to when she was receiving death threats, she has settled down quite a bit. She is quietly going about her individual jobs.
    • (HoriPro) Posts saying things like she should quit are being posted on her various SNS accounts, and she is worried about how things are going to play out.
    • (HoriPro) We plan to continue taking decisive measures against posts containing libel and various baseless rumors.
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    • (Koshigaya City) So long as Ogino herself has not acted illegally we are not considering removing her from the ambassadorship, but it is also true that she cannot carry out positive PR either.
    • (Koshigaya City) This is an extremely unusual case in that over 1000 inquiries into the situation have come in.
    • (Koshigaya City) As to whether in the future taxpayer funds will be used to support Ogino’s role, at the present time we feel it would be difficult to get popular support.
    • (Koshigaya City) We would like to aim to make a decision about the path forward in late October or November after we begin our budget requests for the next fiscal year.
    • (HoriPro) It is currently the desire of HoriPro that she continue her ambassadorship activities.
    • (HoriPro) If it is difficult to implement that given the current contractual arrangement, then we would like to consider implementing a new framework.
    • https://i.imgur.com/4mQlAaS.png
      • https://i.imgur.com/ZcLVOxt.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/tvFD0wa.png
• A rumor that HoriPro is behind the Sponichi photo story and articles bashing Maho. Those actions match the time limit given for the decision by Koshigaya City.
  • https://i.imgur.com/61OfMLZ.png
• The 人望民 リュウタ, who loves to quote tweets, lashes out at a fellow 人望民 for quoting his own tweet.
  • https://i.imgur.com/t8H3bWo.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/6c71NJz.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/P6GE9Gm.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