A female pro-wrestler and her agency have reached a settlement with an individual who posted photos on social media focusing on her private parts during one of her matches, in a sexual harassment case that saw the individual agree to pay ¥1 million ($6,700), a lawyer of the plaintiffs said Thursday.

The settlement was reached before the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 17 between the wrestler, whose name has been withheld for privacy reasons; World Woman Pro-wrestling Diana, the agency that manages her wrestling matches; and the individual. The identity of the defendant has been withheld in accordance with the settlement agreement.

The plaintiffs sued the defendant in January 2024 for posting photos taken in a way that sexualized and emphasized parts of her body in April 2023, causing the woman to be “anxious to the point that she cannot concentrate during her matches.” The plaintiffs had sought ¥8.4 million in compensation.

“I think it (the lawsuit) will serve as a certain deterrent,” Taishi Fuwa, general manager at World Woman Pro-wrestling Diana, said during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. “Rather than simply imposing a severe punishment on the individual, our primary goal was to raise awareness and prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.”

The lawsuit was filed after the female pro-wrestling agency was able to track down two social media accounts creating the posts.

Subsequent findings revealed that there was only one perpetrator behind those social media accounts and that the person had borrowed the phone number of another individual to create the two accounts.

In the court-mediated settlement, the defendant was ordered to pay ¥500,000 each to the agency and the pro-wrestler who was victimized by the action. Their lawyer added that there were more victims not included in the lawsuit, one of which is a female pro-wrestler as young as 14 years old.

Besides the financial settlement, the defendant has agreed to stay away from any events hosted by the agency or events hosted by other companies that the agency’s wrestlers plan to attend.

The individual is also not allowed to release any information on any media platform about the agency or its wrestlers, including on social media.

In the settlement, the agency agreed to refrain from disclosing the identity of the perpetrator unless there is a fresh set of violations — in which case, the agency may take actions they deem necessary to protect their athletes.

Fuwa said he reached out to the perpetrator on the social media platform X through direct messaging before filing the lawsuit, saying that he wanted those pictures taken down. However, the individual refused to do so, which gave the agency no other option but to sue him.