TOKYO, Sep 30 (News On Japan) –
A hairdresser working a salon in Tokyo’s Omotesando district has been arrested on suspicion of luring a feminine shopper into the restroom and committing indecent acts, elevating questions on how a widely known stylist with a big clientele carried out such conduct.
The suspect is Shogo Fujii, a 33-year-old proprietor of the salon “ELTE,” who was identified for energetically discussing his ardour for hairstyling whereas working and claimed on social media to serve greater than 200 shoppers every month. Fujii’s salon was situated within the extremely aggressive Omotesando space, the place he introduced himself because the consultant director and CEO of his enterprise.
On September twenty ninth, investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department searched his salon, with Fujii telling reporters that there had been “some problem with the building” and that his store was cooperating. Roughly three hours later, nonetheless, he was arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts with out consent.
Police say the incident occurred in April, when Fujii allegedly requested a girl in her twenties, after ending her hair therapy, to comply with him to the restroom. Once inside, he locked the door and advised her, “I’ll give you a good shampoo and you won’t have to pay today. You’re the only one I can ask.” He then allegedly grabbed her wrist and compelled her to the touch him.
A daily buyer in her twenties described the salon as a quiet place, typically with out assistants, the place remedies have been largely one-on-one, typically leaving the shopper alone with Fujii. Police are investigating whether or not he intentionally used such alternatives to focus on girls.
Authorities haven’t disclosed whether or not Fujii has admitted to the allegations, however a number of experiences of comparable incidents have been acquired, and investigators are trying into doable further instances.
Source: TBS