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"Sumo wrestler has to take pay cut after hitting apprentice with ladle"

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Sumo wrestler has to take pay cut after hitting apprentice with lad

A veteran sumo wrestler who attacked a junior grappler with a cooking utensil has been ordered to take a salary cut for his violent outburst.

Toyozakura, whose ladle-wielding assault left the 18-year-old victim bleeding and needing eight stitches, will take a 30 percent pay cut for three months, Japanese sumo officials said on Thursday.

The same punishment was meted out to gym chief Magaki for beating a junior wrestler with a bamboo sword in the latest in a series of incidents that has tarnished sumo's image.

Toyozakura, 34, apologized after admitting he used a ladle to hit the apprentice on the head.

"I asked him to do something, which I don't remember exactly, but he couldn't do it," Toyozakura said, according to Agence France-Presse.

Sumo dates back some 2,000 years and retains many Shinto religious overtones, but the sport has been plagued by scandal in recent months.

Violent hazing, or beating during training, has long been seen as customary, contributing to the sport's struggle to attract new recruits. But there was a public outcry over the death last year of a teenage apprentice who was beaten with a beer bottle and a baseball bat.

Japan's government has weighed in on the issue, ordering sumo officials to clean up their act.

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    34 comments to “Headline of the Week Weak”

    1. uber b says – reply to this


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      wow…it's 2 in the morning and i'm on perezhilton -__-;; no life

    2. stepha says – reply to this


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      first?

    3. tei says – reply to this


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      good for him

    4. justsa says – reply to this


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      FIRST BEEEOTCHES!!!!!!

    5. Heroin says – reply to this


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      LAMP Thats sooo funny! HAHAHAHHA beat that punk's ass fat boy! ♥

    6. rachel says – reply to this


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      crazy stuff

    7. jamie. says – reply to this


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      firsttt.

    8. michel says – reply to this


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      sumo= crazy mofos!

    9. ... says – reply to this


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      you know who else is fat??? Perezito… and hes ugly too. xoxo

    10. lewp says – reply to this


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      haha that's kind of funny.

    11. big ba says – reply to this


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      got the life bitches i wish i was a sumo wrestler i could and fart on everyone

    12. aj says – reply to this


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      funny!

    13. yao mi says – reply to this


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      fucken gooks

    14. uhhhhh says – reply to this


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      @ yao mi:
      idiot, gooks are koreans. these guys are japanese. and no, not all asians are the same.

    15. booth says – reply to this


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      what the fuck does this have to do with anything?

      show hot naked girls !!

    16. EGA says – reply to this


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      I LIKE YOU

    17. chef m says – reply to this


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      Re: rachel – hay sumo you not first super sliz

    18. gstar says – reply to this


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      …what a great idea! Celebrities should take a pay cut when they behave badly. God Amy Winehouse and Britney must owe us money by now!!! Naomi wont like this idea either!!

    19. crazy says – reply to this


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      shit happens

      search: crazyunicorns

    20. elisa says – reply to this


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      i love u perez

    21. elisa says – reply to this


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      i love u perez

    22. elisa says – reply to this


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      i love u perez

    23. elisa says – reply to this


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      i love u perez

    24. Dee Yo says – reply to this


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      RESPECTS TO THE SNOWBALL FROM THE GRASSBALL.
      after all they are all from Japan, Mexico right?

    25. sugarg says – reply to this


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      25 th ?

    26. Mike says – reply to this


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      pretty cool

    27. Rash M says – reply to this


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      Who did Mischa Barton hit with a ladle?



    28. 28

      CRAZYY

    29. fiu says – reply to this


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      PEREZ HILTON IS AN UGLY FATASS WHO MODERATES HIS COMMENTS ON ALL HIS ANGELINA JOLIE POSTS!!!!!

      Fake and a liar–he pimps this place to be "no holds barred" and where EVERYONE is entitled to their comments, but….obvioulsy NOT for Mizz Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt! They must pay him or something..

      Perez, you are a pathetic, fake and bias PIG.

    30. bad ha says – reply to this


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      He's just stealing Naomi's shit. Dat's all.

    31. Sicko says – reply to this


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      Ladle boy needs to learn some Kung Fu and tag lard ass HARD. Do they allow these tub of guts in an "all you can eat" buffet?

    32. yao mi says – reply to this


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      is my face red………. fucken chinks.

    33. yomom says – reply to this


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      Re: uhhhhh – actually you dumbass, gooks are vietnamese

    34. eliza says – reply to this


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      love this website off the hook baby!