200,000 yen fine sought for TV personality Dewi over assault charges
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors on Tuesday sought a fine of 200,000 yen ($1,300) for Dewi Sukarno, an 86-year-old Japanese TV personality and widow of fo
Tokyo prosecutors have sought a fine of 200,000 yen from Dewi Sukarno, the 86-year-old Japanese TV personality and widow of former Indonesian President Sukarno, over allegations of assault. According to the indictment, Dewi allegedly threw a champagne glass at her former assistant at a Tokyo restaurant on February 13, 2022, and punched and kicked her manager at an animal hospital in the Shibuya Ward on October 28 of the same year.
During Dewi's first hearing at the Tokyo District Court on June 23, 2023, she broadly admitted to the charges of assaulting the two women, stating that she was "very regretful" over her behavior. She revealed during the hearing that she has suffered financial losses of approximately 90 million yen following the cancelation of her television appearances due to the incidents.
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