Toyota's Julie Hamp to Be Released from Custody
Sources say she will most likely not be charged.
In what appears to be the end of a very unfortunate international drama, various sources report that Toyota’s PR chief Julie Hamp will almost certainly be released from custody in Japan without facing any charges.
After she was arrested on suspicion of smuggling controlled substances into the country, Toyota President Akio Toyoda assured attendees at a press conference that “…we will learn that she had no intent to violate the law.”
Japanese authorities seem to agree.
The Japan Times adds a bit of much-needed context to the story:
“The prosecutors apparently judged that she had relatively little bad intent as Hamp asked her family to send oxycodone pills to her to relieve her knee pain.
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