Giants manager Abe assaults eldest daughter, arrested red-handed... ``I'm relieved'' he admits to the charge

On the 25th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Shibuya Station arrested Shinnosuke Abe (47), a professional baseball team manager, on suspicion of assaulting his eldest daughter (18) at his home in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. He has admitted to the charges. The eldest daughter was not injured. The police released the suspect early on the 26th. We plan to continue the investigation on a voluntary basis and submit documents to prosecutors.

Coach Hideki Hashigami acts as manager

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According to the police, the incident occurred around 7 p.m. on the 25th. In addition to director Abe and his eldest daughter, his wife and second daughter (15) were also at home. When she tried to break up a fight between her daughters, an argument broke out and she pushed her down. Director Abe was drinking.

Immediately after his arrest, he admitted to the charges, explaining, ``When I told him to be quiet, he told me back, so I got angry.'' There were also signs of remorse. There was no assault on the second daughter.

The eldest daughter gave an explanation to the effect that ``I consulted Chat GPT, an interactive AI (artificial intelligence), about the situation in which I was assaulted by my father,'' and that she reported it to a child consultation center herself. The incident was discovered at around 7:10 p.m. when a child welfare center called 911.

The couple has not consulted the agency so far, and the eldest daughter has said, ``I hope they can reconcile and get their family relationship back to normal.''

On the night of the 25th, team president Toru Kunimatsu released a comment saying, ``Violence is unacceptable and we take it extremely seriously. We apologize to all those involved in professional baseball and to the fans. (Regarding manager Abe), we will consider disciplinary action, including resignation.''

The Giants announced on the 26th that coach Hideki Hashigami (55) will serve as acting manager.