Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue was released from custody on Wednesday, her office said on her official website, after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting a nurse at a central Japan hospital following a traffic accident.
Prosecutors released the 44-year-old without indicting her but will continue to investigate, with Hirosue cooperating on a voluntary basis. Hirosue reached a settlement with the nurse, according to an investigative source.
No alcohol or illicit drugs were detected in Hirosue's system after tests by police in Shizuoka Prefecture, the office said in a statement, adding she has shown signs of emotional instability and will undergo treatment.
Her representatives also apologized to the nurse and other parties affected, saying Hirosue commits to meeting her responsibilities in the future.
The actor, who sustained minor injuries in the expressway collision on April 7, was brought to the hospital in Shimada. There, she allegedly kicked a female nurse multiple times and scratched her arm after the nurse sought to prevent her from wandering around.
Police visited her home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward last Thursday to search for information related to a potential charge of dangerous driving causing injury.
Hirosue rear-ended a truck on the Shin-Tomei Expressway while driving with a male passenger who suffered a fracture. The truck driver was uninjured.
According to a statement posted earlier on her website, the incident with the nurse occurred after the accident "left her in a panic."
Hirosue, who rose to fame in the 1990s, appeared in a string of TV dramas such as "Beach Boys" and starred in films including the Oscar-winning "Departures."
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Harry_Gatto
Just as I predicted.
tamanegi
This lunatic still needs to be watched closely.
spektral
is it just me or she always has this psycho vibe smile expression in her face in every picture and tv shot i have seen lately...?
HopeSpringsEternal
In today's crazy world, she probably gets a big career boost from this cruel incident, that's Hollywood for you!
HopeSpringsEternal
Maybe she was auditioning for a "strong cruel dominant evil" woman's role?! Then it starts to make some sense, as she was only "acting", as that's Hollywood for you!
virusrex
No illicit drugs leave the possibility that this could still be the result of misuse or unexpected interaction involving legal drugs, some treatments have the risk of producing altered mental states on the patients if not controlled properly.
Not likely to become public if this is case.
WA4TKG
SpekTral:
It’s not just you.
Despite her apparent mental instability, if she had been administered morphine as a result of her injuries, there’s no telling what could have been going on with her.
Due to a double leg fracture I was given morphine on a regular basis while in hospital, it changes you dramatically.