Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

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