A 26-year-old man has been arrested for threatening and sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a park in Kamisukawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
According to police, Kenta Shibahara, a painter from Moka, Tochigi Prefecture, is accused of sexually assaulting the teenager at around 1 a.m. on Sept 8, TV Asahi reported.
Police said Shibahara threatened the boy by saying, "I'm going to kill you," before pushing him down and sexually assaulting him.
Police said the two met through a dating app in the summer two years ago, and at the time of the incident, the victim had told Shibahara that he "wanted to end the relationship."
The incident came to light when the teenager contacted police on Nov 8.
Police said Shibahara has denied the allegation and quoted him as saying, “I don't remember having sex in a park and and I don't know who that person is.”
© Japan Today
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Age matters. I’d the teenager is 19 this is really media frenzy again. Actions are horrible and well why a park at 1am? But how old was the teen. Let’s not continue sensational reporting.
Michael Corleone
well done to the boy for reporting it!!
Mr Kipling
They had been dating for TWO years! The victim was a teenager we are told. There is a huge difference between 13 and 19. A crime was committed but the headline is rather misleading.
owzer
What is an appropriate (woke) way to describe a person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex, but abuses a minor? I want to avoid stepping on thin-skinned toes.