Multiple complaints have been filed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department alleging sexual assault by the TV personality Matt, the 32-year-old son of former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata, over the period from the year before last to this year, Shukan Bunshun reported.
Two people who filed complaints told the magazine they had been subjected to non-consensual sexual acts by Matt. The magazine did not name them in the summary of its report.
A lawyer representing Matt acknowledged in each case that his client knew the person involved but denied the sexual acts themselves, saying: "There is no such fact."
The full account, including testimony from people speaking under their real names, appears in the November 5 issue of Shukan Bunshun and in the electronic edition. It also covers direct approaches to Matt and to his father, and the content of the lawyer's response.
The allegations place a well-known entertainment figure at the center of a police complaint process. Under the revised Penal Code, non-consensual sexual intercourse — 不同意性交等 (dōi seikō tō) — is prosecuted as a serious sexual offense, and complaints of this kind are handled by police before any decision on referral to prosecutors.