Ryoko Hirosue Suspected of Kicking Nurse at Hospital; Actress Has Her Tokyo Home Searched by Police

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Ryoko Hirosue

The Shizuoka prefectural police on Thursday searched the home of actress Ryoko Hirosue in Tokyo, after she was arrested on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital that she was taken to after a traffic accident.

Hirosue, 44, was driving a car on the Shin-Tomei Expressway in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, when she rear-ended a large truck at around 6:50 p.m. Monday, according to the police. She was later sent to the hospital, where she allegedly kicked the nurse’s legs several times, inflicting minor injuries.