Former porn star Kaho Shibuya sues production company over data leak of old adult videos
The ex-porn star Kaho Shibuya is suing a production company for ¥7.4 million (about $55,000) for mental distress, infringement of privacy, and harm to her reputation after it neglected to handle unedited data properly, resulting in a leak of footage.
In January 2022, Shibuya ascertained that two of her adult video releases made in September 2016 and released in 2017 had been uploaded to a video site in an unedited (uncensored) format not available commercially. In other words, the genitals on the content were not blurred out in the usual Japanese way (known as “mosaic,” a custom in porn as a workaround to avoid prosecution under the ambiguous obscenity law — you are liable to get a stiff sentence if caught distributing or producing unpixelated porn).
Shibuya, who retired in 2018, is one of the most prominent retired adult video performers in Japan, having carved out a major career for herself as a YouTuber and cosplayer. Her English ability has also helped her work outside Japan. Her stint as a porn star lasted around four years from November 2014 to September 2018.
Now aged 36, she launched her lawsuit at Tokyo District Court on February 16, where she gave a press conference with her lawyer. She says she shot both the releases in question in one day and was paid ¥280,000 (about $2,000 at current exchange rates) and a similar fee was paid to her agency; the compensation demanded by the lawsuit is a specific figure calculated from this total fee. She says she is not hoping to receive a huge payout per se, but is doing this out of principle to protect the rights of performers and ex-performers against data leaks.
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God forbid someone sees your genitals when you’re sucking and fucking for a living
Yeah love Kaho but this campaign is misguided and disappointing. As a fan I want more leaks not less!
This prompted me to go look up her porn. If not for this, I would have never heard of her or looked. LOL
@paquale you must be a complete idiot?? because its lit against the law in Japan to show a pussy ot dick!! yes there is some sites out there that are showing uncensored stuff and if caught would literally be sued by japan laws even with hentai showing uncensored stuff will get you sued if caught!!