Lawyer AKS Fang Yuan Teng and Hong said: The condition of settlement is that the defendant submits an apology letter and pays millions of yen in compensation. The apology letter mainly apologizes for three things. First of all, they went to Yamaguchi Maho's home without her consent and caught her at the door, which caused great physical and mental pain. Second, the defendant lied about some members of NGT48 after the incident. This incident was reported by some media records and damaged the reputation of NGT48 members. Third, the operation of NGT48 is chaotic, which has a bad influence on the work.
After the first two were arrested, the Niigata District Procuratorate did not prosecute. AKS, which operated NGT48 at that time, filed a claim for damages last year, amounting to 30 million yen. Because of this incident, NGT48 had to suspend its activities, the promoters withdrew their funds, and the trust relationship among members was also damaged, which had a great impact on the company and portfolio. There is also a condition for reaching a settlement this time, that is, the two sides agree that they will no longer participate in any activities of the 48 family, attend activities organized by other parties except the AKB48 family, and will not contact any members of the 48 family again. Last month, the court proposed a settlement plan and reached it on April 8.
Endo lawyer Kazuhiro said: We have finally achieved some results in clearing the names of our members. I hope they can change their mood and start over. He thinks this is a successful reconciliation, but it is not known whether NGT48 can be successfully started again after reconciliation. In addition, NGT48 established a new company, Flora, this month, which is independent from AKS.