>Everyone, thank you always for giving me words of encouragement and kind messages.
>This post is about a rumor related to me that began to spread in the later part of last month.
>As I don't like to make my usual fans feel uneasy, I thought about whether to post this or not. However, it would be bad to allow the speculations to continue, so I'm providing a brief report.
>In the later part of September, the vtuber mikeneko, on her own stream, stated, "A particular female independent streamer made some bad remarks/slander (about Mikeneko) to a gossip streamer" or something to that effect.
>While she did not explicitly state the name of the streamer in question, she stated it with a wording that allowed one to contextually understand she was referring to me. From this, some people got the wrong idea that “Perhaps Delutaya is the culprit?”.
>I have no memory of this and was very shocked. Since then, I've been receiving DMs including both questions about this case and slander.
>Wanting to solve this before it grew into something bigger, I contacted Mikeneko directly saying that I wanted to talk in order to clear up the misunderstanding.
>When I did, Mikeneko informed me that she heard it directly from a gossip streamer himself via voice chat and that she has video evidence of it.
>She stated that she won't hand over the video to anyone but, if this turns into a court case, she will provide it. Mikeneko held her stance that I had been speaking ill of her, and, even though I just wanted to talk it out, I was told that she wouldn't speak with me unless I had a lawyer.
>I don't know what kind of video evidence it is, but, if this misunderstanding spreads, it will end up troubling me.
>I had not been considering legal action, but, as Mikeneko said she would share the evidence with me through lawyers, I sent a commission to a law firm and had them contact Mikeneko's legal advisor.
>However, Mikeneko, refused all contact and replied exclusively with "I'm not lying" and "I can't cooperate in regards to sharing the video evidence. She even blocked me on Twitter.
>It's very perplexing to me, but, in order to work out the misunderstanding on my own, the only thing I can do is to release information, so I made this statement.
>However, I want to avoid spreading new speculation, so I have no intention of mentioning this case again.
>Going forward, I want to continue my activities as a content creator as I have been. I would love it if everyone would continue to support me from now on, too.
