TV personality and company executive Bobby Ologon, 60, admitted the charge of nonconsensual sexual intercourse at the first hearing of his trial at the Chiba District Court on the 13th, the Asahi Shimbun reported, in a case that puts a familiar television face at the center of a sex crime prosecution.
The charge, 不同意性交罪 (dōi seikōzai), covers sexual intercourse without valid consent. Presiding judge Koichiro Hino heard the plea.
According to the indictment, Ologon, whose real name is Bobby Chikada, assaulted an acquaintance at a vacation home in Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture, between 4 and 6 p.m. on April 21. He is accused of luring her under the pretext of a "massage."
Prosecutors said in their opening statement that Ologon met the woman through another acquaintance. The two visited his vacation home together after a meal that day.
There, prosecutors said, he suddenly kissed her on the neck and assaulted her despite her pleas of "Please, really stop."