Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police sent the case to prosecutors on Jan. 23 after investigating an Oct. 28 incident in Shibuya Ward.
- Police say the 85-year-old TV personality allegedly hit and kicked her then manager at a clinic after learning her dog had died.
- The manager, a woman in her 30s, sustained minor injuries that took about two weeks to heal and later left Sukarno’s agency.
- Authorities have not said whether Sukarno admitted the allegation, and prosecutors will decide on possible charges.
- Local reports say she told investigators she had been drinking and denied causing injuries, with the incident reported around 11:30 p.m.