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oritsu_luvTK AKA Tetsuya Komuro, the most popular music producer of the 90s, composer of countless hit songs by Namie Amuro, Ami Suzuki, and many, many others, member of the band globe, was arrested yesterday for fraud, totalling upwards of 5 million dollars. He faces, at minimum, a 3 year jail sentence.
(copied from Tokyo Graph)
"Famed producer and musician Tetsuya Komuro was arrested on Tuesday on charges of fraud. The high-profile case started back in 2006 when Komuro approached a private investor, offering to sell the copyrights of 806 songs he produced for the sum of 1 billion yen. The two reached an agreement, and the investor paid 500 million yen up front. He later learned that the rights to the songs actually belonged to Avex and other companies, not Komuro, so when he was unable to get his money back, he took the case to the authorities.
Komuro lost a civil suit in July and was fined 600 million yen, but he failed to pay by the deadline. The case was escalated to the Osaka District Court, which issued the warrant for his arrest. He was taken in by the police on Tuesday and was reportedly exhibiting remorse for his crime. Two employees of his event planning company Tribal Kicks were also arrested under suspicion of being accomplices in the fraud.
In recent years, Komuro has been plagued with debt due to failed business projects and alimony payments from his previous marriage to Asami Yoshida."
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Earlier this week he and his wife, fellow globe member Keiko, applied for a divorce. Komuro himself sought the divorce, when it became clear that he would be arrested, in order to save Keiko and her family from further troubles. (Calls already been coming to Keiko's family's restaurant from people asking him to pay them back.) Keiko initially refused to get a divorce, but he eventually convinced her.
Her official comment makes it even more apparent that she's sticking by him. 'I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart for all the trouble caused. I'm ashamed of myself for never even imagining that this would happen. I hope that the truth will soon be uncovered. Our lives are about to get very difficult, but I am prepared to walk this path together with him.'
Upcoming releases from globe have been canceled, and remaining globe member Marc Panther, commented as follows: 'The news is so sudden, I can't quite grasp it yet. I can't express how sad I am, and sorry I am for all the globe fans that were looking forward to a release from us for the first time in so long. My respect for TK as a musician, and a producer remains unchanged. I believe that the day will come when we will make music together and perform together again.'
(copied from Tokyo Graph)
"Famed producer and musician Tetsuya Komuro was arrested on Tuesday on charges of fraud. The high-profile case started back in 2006 when Komuro approached a private investor, offering to sell the copyrights of 806 songs he produced for the sum of 1 billion yen. The two reached an agreement, and the investor paid 500 million yen up front. He later learned that the rights to the songs actually belonged to Avex and other companies, not Komuro, so when he was unable to get his money back, he took the case to the authorities.
Komuro lost a civil suit in July and was fined 600 million yen, but he failed to pay by the deadline. The case was escalated to the Osaka District Court, which issued the warrant for his arrest. He was taken in by the police on Tuesday and was reportedly exhibiting remorse for his crime. Two employees of his event planning company Tribal Kicks were also arrested under suspicion of being accomplices in the fraud.
In recent years, Komuro has been plagued with debt due to failed business projects and alimony payments from his previous marriage to Asami Yoshida."
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Earlier this week he and his wife, fellow globe member Keiko, applied for a divorce. Komuro himself sought the divorce, when it became clear that he would be arrested, in order to save Keiko and her family from further troubles. (Calls already been coming to Keiko's family's restaurant from people asking him to pay them back.) Keiko initially refused to get a divorce, but he eventually convinced her.
Her official comment makes it even more apparent that she's sticking by him. 'I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart for all the trouble caused. I'm ashamed of myself for never even imagining that this would happen. I hope that the truth will soon be uncovered. Our lives are about to get very difficult, but I am prepared to walk this path together with him.'
Upcoming releases from globe have been canceled, and remaining globe member Marc Panther, commented as follows: 'The news is so sudden, I can't quite grasp it yet. I can't express how sad I am, and sorry I am for all the globe fans that were looking forward to a release from us for the first time in so long. My respect for TK as a musician, and a producer remains unchanged. I believe that the day will come when we will make music together and perform together again.'
