木村花さん中傷、男を略式起訴　侮辱罪、科料９千円

　フジテレビなどで放送された人気番組「テラスハウス」に出演していたプロレスラー木村花さん＝当時（２２）＝が亡くなった問題で、東京地検は３０日、インターネット交流サイト（ＳＮＳ）で木村さんを中傷する投稿をしたとして大阪府の２０代男を侮辱罪で略式起訴したと発表した。東京簡裁は同日、科料９０００円の略式命令を出し、即日納付された。
　東京区検の起訴状によると、男は昨年５月中旬ごろ、８回にわたり、木村さんのツイッターのアカウントに「テレビ、ネット、社会でも生きてるだけで笑いもの」「ねえねえ。いつ死ぬの？」などと投稿し、木村さんを侮辱したとされる。（2021/03/30-22:00）

Tokyo public prosecutors issued a summary indictment Tuesday against a man in Osaka Prefecture on the charge of insulting professional wrestler and "reality show" star Hana Kimura, who apparently committed suicide due to cyberbullying last year.
   The same day, Tokyo Summary Court ordered the Osaka man in his 20s to pay a fine of 9,000 yen. He paid the fine immediately.
   According to the indictment, the man posted on Kimura's Twitter account defamatory comments eight times around mid-May last year, including those ridiculing her, questioning the value of her life and asking when she would die.
   Since an episode of popular reality television show "Terrace House," in which Kimura directed her anger at a male cast member, was aired in late March that year, she had been receiving insulting comments on social media.
   In the early hours of May 23, Kimura, 22, was found with no vital signs at her apartment in Tokyo and was later confirmed dead. She is believed to have killed herself.