Investigation into Oshio Manabu's case of MDMA abuse (also known as Ecstasy pills) has revealed new facts. Although Oshio is still denying that he consumed the illegal drugs knowingly, he was actually the one who made the deceased woman consume the pills. If it is found that he forced her to do that, he may be charged with inflicting of injury leading to death.
The deceased was a woman of 30 years old who worked as a hostess in a high-class club in Ginza. Oshio had come to know this woman 2 years ago at the club and they started having an affair about 6 months ago. This was around the same time when Oshio moved out of his family home in Kawasaki.
According to Oshio's statement, he had consumed the pills with the woman together (one pill for each person) at the Roppongi Hills apartment they were in. However, when the woman consumed a second pill, she started to lose unconsciousness. The pills they took are commonly known as Ecstasy and had the effect of inducing hallucinations and increasing excitement. It is widely used as a booster during sex to increase enjoyment. According to the police, the estimated time of death was around 11 am on 2 Aug.
However, Oshio's manager called the police at 9.19pm shortly after he received a call from Oshio to come to the scene. The medical personnel confirmed the deceased's death at 9.27pm. It is unknown what Oshio had been doing during these 10 hours before he contacted his manager.
Oshio claimed that he did CPR for the woman when he realized that she was unconscious. He left the scene after calling his manager and headed to his new home in Minato before he was picked up by the police. The police searched Oshio's family home in Kawasaki, his new apartment in Minato as well as the crime scene and confiscated items which could be of help to the investigation.
According to Itakura Hiroshi, a honorary professor in criminal law, although Oshio may not be prosecuted for forcing the woman to consume the pills, he may be charged with abandoning of the corpse because he ran away from the crime scene. In this case, he may be facing imprisonment for more than 5 years if found guilty.
On the other hand, the deceased's funeral was held at her home in Gifu Prefecture where about 100 family members and friends gathered. The woman was a tall and slender beauty who was about 1.7m too. She was known to be a cheerful person with many friends. She aimed to be a nurse when she was in senior high school but later went to Tokyo to learn nail art. She was also a divorcee. Her parents did not want to be interviewed and blocked the media's access to the funeral. At the same time, the 6th August issue of "Friday" has a photo of the woman and a report of her relationship with Oshio. The deceased also had tattoos on her back just like Oshio who has his on his chest and arms.
I really don't think Oshio hurt the woman. I think he just got scared after she O.D'ed or had a reaction to the drugs they took together.
ReplyDeleteI hope this doesn't ruin his music career.
I am really waiting for some good news to come out of this I feel really sorry for Oshio.
Thankyou very much for the updates.
Oshio has been playing with fire his whole life. It just was a matter of time before something like this was going to happen.
ReplyDeleteIf he is found guilty of the crimes, he definitely deserves it. Police are the ones with the facts. People like Oshio need to be put to rest.
Things were going well for Oshio at one time but ultimately, it was his choice to go down this path of self-destruction. There's no way he can run away from being charged in court.
ReplyDeleteI read an article about Oshio's family background and was so surprised by the fact that his father seems so entirely different from Oshio's rebellious nature. It makes me wonder if Oshio became who he is now because of his childhood as he was ostracized for being unable to speak Japanese well. Since he was abroad due to his father's work, he only returned to Japan when he was in junior high. To make things worse, the Japanese society values conformity so being the odd one out could have subjected him to lots of bullying. Nonetheless, that still doesn't justify his wayward behaviour now.
The thought of his family members and those who are related to him in one way or another especially Yada Akiko and her son being the ones who are dragged through this trouble even though they did nothing wrong just makes it harder to forgive him. It may be a very long time before he can get back to showbiz, assuming if anyone dares to take the risk of signing him on.