KANAGAWA (TR) – A 76-year-old member of the Yokohama City Assembly has been referred to prosecutors after a feminine colleague accused him of forcefully kissing her throughout a enterprise journey, studies TV Asahi (July 3).
Yuki Tanaka held a press convention to element the alleged sexual assault by Koichi Yatabe, which she says came about final 12 months whereas the 2 politicians had been on an official inspection tour.
“During the tour, I was forcefully kissed by Assemblyman Yatabe, a man whom I had respected, inside an elevator,” Tanaka informed reporters. “He used brute force. I couldn’t even breathe, and I was put in a situation where I was completely unable to resist.”
Tanaka additionally alleges that the aged lawmaker pressured himself on her at a resort throughout the identical journey. Following a police investigation into the claims, papers on Yatabe had been despatched to prosecutors on suspicion of non-consensual indecency.
However, the veteran politician has firmly denied the allegations.
“As far as I am concerned, there is no truth to the claim that I ‘kissed’ her,” Yatabe mentioned in a launched assertion.