GUNMA (TR) – A court docket right here has acquitted a former Olympic torch bearer who had been accused of raping a feminine acquaintance at a lodge two years in the past, studies the TBS News (Mar. 2).
On Monday, the Maebashi District Court discovered Takayuki Ueno, the 53-year-old head of a volunteer reconstruction group primarily based in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, to be harmless of non-consensual sexual activity.
According to the indictment, Ueno was alleged to have sexually assaulted the feminine acquaintance, aged in her 20s, on the enterprise lodge in Ota City on July 18, 2024. Prior to the incident, he frightened her by saying, “Let me touch you.”
The prosecution had requested a six-year jail sentence. Meanwhile, the protection argued that the girl had consented.
In handing down the ruling, presiding choose Masayuki Takahashi mentioned, “The woman had the option of not going to the defendant’s room.”
The choose added, “The woman’s statement that she did not expect sexual intercourse to occur was unnatural.”
Immediately after the decision, the protection revealed that it had filed a criticism towards the girl with the Public Prosecutor’s Office on suspicion of creating a false accusation.
Meanwhile, the prosecution acknowledged, “We intend to thoroughly examine the contents of the verdict and, after consulting with higher authorities, take appropriate action.”
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Gunma Prefectural Police arrested Ueno in October 2024. The lady had filed a criticism in August. Ueno denied the fees on the time of his arrest, claiming that the encounter was consensual.
Ueno misplaced two youngsters and his dad and mom within the Great East Japan Earthquake. He fashioned the reconstruction group with the goal of revitalizing disaster-stricken areas. As a outcome, he has appeared in plenty of documentary movies.
Ueno additionally served as a torchbearer for the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.