Japan footballer Ito referred to prosecutors over sex assault claims

 through quasi-forcible sexual intercourse,

There is no such thing! Either it was or wasn't.

The police also referred the two women to prosecutors, suspecting their criminal complaint against the midfielder with the French club Stade de Reims contained information that differed from objective facts, the sources said.

"Objective"? What the heck is this supposed to mean. Right, it's their story against his, and now the Japanese prosecutors are charging them.

It sounds like the Japanese prosecutors are believing the French charges against him, but not the women making the accusations and charges.

This is a cluster-frick!

YubaruToday  07:33 am JST

 through quasi-forcible sexual intercourse,

There is no such thing! Either it was or wasn't.

The police also referred the two women to prosecutors, suspecting their criminal complaint against the midfielder with the French club Stade de Reims contained information that differed from objective facts, the sources said.

"Objective"? What the heck is this supposed to mean. Right, it's their story against his, and now the Japanese prosecutors are charging them.

It sounds like the Japanese prosecutors are believing the French charges against him, but not the women making the accusations and charges.

This is a cluster-frick!

What are you talking about? Look at the article. The women willingly went to HIS hotel because they knew who he was. He didn't hold a gun to their heads so whatever happened inside is undoubtably going to be a he-said she-said situation. It all comes down to each party accepting responsibility for their choices that day and agreeing upon some sort of settlement which he'll probably be asked to pay but since he's also suing them, they'll most likely agree to drop their case against him so everybody wins, case closed.

YubaruToday  07:33 am JST

The police also referred the two women to prosecutors, suspecting their criminal complaint against the midfielder with the French club Stade de Reims contained information that differed from objective facts, the sources said.

"Objective"? What the heck is this supposed to mean. Right, it's their story against his, and now the Japanese prosecutors are charging them.

It sounds like the Japanese prosecutors are believing the French charges against him, but not the women making the accusations and charges.

This is a cluster-frick!

Wow, Yubaru.

Between this story and the story about the guy in Japan who got the death penalty recently, it's painfully clear that you really need to work on reading these articles more carefully, before commenting on them.

What "French charges" are you talking about?

There are no charges against him in France. The alleged incident didn't happen in France. It's alleged to have happened in Japan.

The sentence says that the charges are being made against a Japanese soccer player who happens to play for a team in France.

He wasn't actually in France at the time of the alleged crime.

How did you arrive at the conclusion that there were "French charges" here? Work on the reading comprehension.

I hope his name is public because he did what he is accused of and every piece of evidence points to it.

I do not have a problem with men being publically shamed (before being actually convicted) for repeatedly sexually abusing people, Epstein, Weinstein, Spacey etc., but I do have a problem if accusations about a single he-said, she-said type incident are treated in the same way. Even if Ito is guilty, this type of process leaves plenty of scope for another man who has simply taken a woman to a hotel to have his reputation destroyed or to be blackmailed by the woman to stop her making public accusations about him.

Quasi-forcible sexual intercourse, so what exactly does this mean?..... Quasi means ...Having a likeness to something or resembling it. So it was or it was not, simple really.....Not.

"Objective"? What the heck is this supposed to mean.

Things that do not depend on subjective opinion, something that can be confirmed or disproved independently of what either side says, depending on what is different it may have or not importance but for the police the presence of these differences is what justifies referring the women to the prosecution as well.

It sounds like the Japanese prosecutors are believing the French charges against him, but not the women making the accusations and charges.

As mentioned the charges have nothing to do with France and there is no real contradiction, the police found enough arguments to consider the accusations of both sides believable, so they leave to prosecutors the job of investigating more in detail and decide if charges are to be presented and arrest made, without more detailed information this is not something unreasonable to do.

Famous people deserve to be protected in these maters if there isn't clear evidence. I personally would like to see woman who go down this route be forced to put up collateral in order to make claims against famous people. While they remain nameless they can derail a professional career and permanently ruin a persons image. Not only should there be a monetary penalty but also should be treated as a crime. Recent examples include Trevor Bauer, Shawn Oatman, and Brian banks.

Yubaru

 "through quasi-forcible sexual intercourse,"

There is no such thing! Either it was or wasn't.

Exactly. Either it was consensual or not.

uaintseeme

What are you talking about? Look at the article. The women willingly went to HIS hotel because they knew who he was.

What are you talking about? Willingly going to the hotel room is not willingly consenting to sexual intercourse.

Quasi-forcible sexual intercourse, so what exactly does this mean?..... Quasi means ...Having a likeness to something or resembling it.

Reminds md of the various "quasi-state of emergencyies" declared here during the pandemic. Surely they can come up with better translations for these things.

quasi-forcible sexual intercourse

Could this be related to Japan considering rape only if the perpetrator exercised coercion strong enough for the victim to not be able to escape the rape ?

I think lot of us remember the famous case in which a judge acknowledged an incest victim was not giving consent but rejected rape as she did not fight back enough.

It could explain the evolution of the case : the ladies said they were raped and did their best to avoid it but the police think even thought they did not give consent and suffered coercion, they were not honest in the level of coercion or/and fighting back and the alleged perpetrator could have exercised a higher level of coercion.