OSAKA (TR) – A one-time accuser is now the accused — and he finds himself on trial.
In a trial that started on the Osaka District Court on Friday, the previous Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office Chief Prosecutor appeared to plead responsible to sexual assault.
According to the indictment, Kentaro Kitagawa, 65, is alleged to have sexually assaulted an intoxicated feminine subordinate who was unable to withstand in September 2018, reviews TBS News (Oct. 25).
Six years have handed because the incident, which passed off whereas Kitagawa was the pinnacle prosecutor. This 12 months, the sufferer reported the incident to a senior prosecutor.
The Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, which is the superior workplace of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, then took the weird step of arresting Kitagawa.
“Ace of the Kansai Prosecutors Office
Kitagawa, who became a prosecutor in 1985, steadily followed the elite course and held key positions at the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office and the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office. He was known as the “Ace of the Kansai Prosecutors Office.”
Kitagawa has been accused of quasi-forced sexual activity for sexually assaulting the intoxicated subordinate who was unable to withstand his advances.
On Friday, Kitagawa admitted to the allegations and said the next: “I admit the charges and will not contest them. I would like to sincerely apologize to the victim for the serious damage I have caused.”
He then apologized, “I am sorry for causing so much trouble to the prosecutor’s office and other related parties, and for causing a public uproar.”
“Now you’re my woman”
The particulars of the incident have been revealed within the prosecution’s opening assertion. On the day, Kitagawa and the sufferer had dinner with different prosecutors at a social gathering in Osaka.
The social gathering was a “celebration for the appointment of the prosecutor general” It was organized by the sufferer. However, the sufferer was so drunk that she fell on her desk and was unable to stroll usually.
Kitagawa invited her to a second social gathering, however she declined and tried to take a taxi residence. Kitagawa obtained into the taxi and had it take her to his official residence.
When the sufferer sobered up, she realized she was being sexually assaulted. Even when she pleaded with Kitagawa to go residence, he stated, “Now you’re my woman,” and continued the sexual assault.
“I’ll treat you to meals until the statute of limitations runs out”
Even after the sexual assault, the sufferer had no alternative however to have contact with Kitagawa for work-related causes.
In a dialog instantly after the incident, Kitagawa stated in a light-hearted tone, “I’ll treat you to meals until the statute of limitations runs out.”
“I will have no choice but to commit suicide”
After that, Kitagawa retired from his place as head prosecutor, citing “personal reasons.” He additionally requested the sufferer in writing to chorus from reporting the incident.
“If this case becomes public,” he stated, “I will not be able to survive and will have no choice but to commit suicide.”
The defendant additionally stated, “The Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office will no longer be able to do its job. It will no longer be able to function as an organization. It will become a major scandal comparable to the Osaka Incident [evidence tampering case by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division].”
He added, “Please do this not for my sake, but for the sake of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office to which you belong.”
Victim tearfully explains why she was unable to report the incident
After the primary listening to, the feminine subordinate, who’s at the moment a prosecutor, held a press convention.
When requested why she held the press convention right now, she tearfully stated, “The defendant admitted to the charges and agreed to them, so I decided to speak at this time. For about six years…I have been suffering for so long. Why didn’t he admit his guilt sooner? If he had admitted to his guilt sooner, I could have come forward sooner, put this experience behind me, and started a new life.”
She then spoke about why she was unable to return ahead for thus lengthy. She stated, “They held the prosecutor’s office and staff hostage and told me to keep quiet, and threatened me. ‘If I make it public, you will die,’ they said. So, I couldn’t come forward.”
Even although Kitagawa admitted to the allegations, her stance is unchanged. “It won’t ease my feelings for punishment,” she stated.