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Police in Tokyo have arrested a former judo champion on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend.
Jobu Ebata, a winner of the men’s 90kg at the East Asian Judo Championships in 2016, was arrested on Dec 24, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said he has partially denied the allegation.
According to the arrest warrant, the assault occurred in mid-December at a hotel in Tokyo. The victim, in her 30s, suffered injuries after Ebata kicked her in the arms and legs, police allege.
Ebata is married and has a daughter.
© Japan Today
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starpunk
Some hero he turned out to be! 'Champ'? More like chump.
PerformingMonkey
Hopefully, the prefix "former" will also be appended to his wife and girlfriend.
Zaphod
Simian Lane
Try to tangle with a 90 kilo Judo champion and say that again.
didou
He is married and has a girlfriend.
Wouldn’t be mistress the correct word
Mat
Man who gets paid to fight assaults someone. Not exactly unexpected, is it?
Mark
Even men can't handle a a judo wrestler kick, so I can imagine the pain she must have suffered assuming her claim is true!!!?
shogun36
Sounds like a real winner.
Get rid of that clown.
No one will miss him.
purple_depressed_bacon
What does this even mean?!! How can you "partially" deny assaulting someone?
Also, what a cheating scumbag. There are countries where adultery is a punishable offense.
I hope he at least gets jail time for the assault he "partially" denied.
SDCA
as a former Aikido guy, yeah it's useless but it was fun nonetheless.
Moderator
Back on topic please.
Sal Affist
@tooheysnew, the attack didn't occur on Christmas Eve - it occurred in mid-December, and they just brought him in on Friday in order to time the case (bring him before the magistrate today, then hold him over for 10 days from today, which will expire right after the Japanese Police stretch of vacation days will end on the 4th or 5th.)
Fighto!
This guy is a loser. Beating up and kicking a woman, what a coward.
Real men dont hit women. I hope he loses everything - including any future access to his daughter.
Tom Doley
Another person with anger management issues.
tooheysnew
So many things wrong here.
A 90+kg judo champion beating up a woman
It was Christmas Eve, & the woman was his girlfriend
His wife was at home with his daughter
Mr Kipling
Surely Aikido is milder? or just useless?