Shiori Ito: Japanese journalist awarded $30,000 in damages in rape case
A Japanese court has ordered a high-profile reporter to pay 3.3 million yen in damages to a journalist who accused him of rape.Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence for a criminal case, so Ms Ito brought a civil case.
"I'm so happy," said 30-year-old Ms Ito, who held up a sign which read"victory" after the verdict was announced.Image copyrightAccording to Ms Ito, 53-year-old Mr Yamaguchi - who is said to have close ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - had in 2015 invited her to dinner to discuss a possible job opportunity.
Ms Ito said police forced her to re-enact the alleged rape with a life-sized doll while male officers looked on.As part of the investigation into my allegations, I was asked to come to the police station adjacent to the hotel I was taken to that night. The police refused. I was taken into the gym and told to lie on a mattress, and life-size mannequin was then produced and three male officers moved the doll on top of me, asking me intimate questions about exactly what happened and taking photographs.It was at this time, that I had to make the shift in my head from complainant to journalist.
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