“I felt fear take over” Famous Tennis Coach Arrested for Non-Consensual Sex, “Not Forced” Defense “Impossible”

‘He called me to his room every night.

There is no doubt that we had sexual intercourse, but I never invited him to have sexual intercourse with me and forced him to do so.”

A tennis coach arrested for sexually assaulting a woman he knew denied some of the charges.

On May 16, ’26, Chiba Prefectural Police arrested Toru Matsushima, 65, a tennis school coach in Shirako-cho, on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse. Matsushima is suspected of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance in the dormitory room of the tennis academy, his home, on the night of May 8.

The incident came to light after the woman complained to the police that she had been sexually victimized. Matsushima admitted to having sexual intercourse with the woman, but denied some of the allegations, saying that he did not do it forcibly.

On May 17, the suspect Matsushima was sent to the public prosecutor’s office. Matsushima appeared at the Mobara police station’s convoy entrance with the police supporting him on his back, and got into the convoy with his right leg dragging behind him. During this time, he looked down and to the left and right, and his gaze seemed completely unsettled.

The suspect Matsushima is known as a famous instructor who has trained many top athletes who have competed in world tournaments. And according to some reports, an acquaintance of the victim woman testified that “(the victim) was called to her room every night for a reason, and she felt like she was being controlled by fear.

What was the relationship between the suspect Matsushima and the victim woman?

Recently, sexual assault by instructors against their students has become an issue in sports clubs and club activities. The students are controlled by their instructors in a strict hierarchical relationship, making it difficult for them to resist or express their refusal.

Fresh in our minds is the incident at a judo school in Chiba Prefecture, which was widely reported last year. The headmaster of the school was charged with sexual misconduct and other crimes, including forcing girls to drink juice containing sleeping pills at a training camp and sexually assaulting them while they slept. The incident led to his arrest in November 2012 for assaulting a boy who was a student at the school, but during the investigation it was discovered that he had also sexually assaulted a female high school student three years earlier in 2009. He was later charged with violation of the Chiba Prefecture Child Welfare Law.

I was worried that I would be removed from the starting lineup.

In her statement, the girl described her feelings at the time of the incident as follows.

I felt that I was being exploited, but when I refused, the defendant became unhappy, ignored me, and intentionally made the practice harder, so I couldn’t say I didn’t want to do it. I want the defendant to understand that his actions are socially unacceptable, so I hope he will be punished severely.”

The principal also expressed his remorse during the trial, saying, “At the time, I thought the victim girl was doing me a favor, but the relationship between instructor and student was not one of equality.

The president was sentenced to 22 years in prison on October 22, 2013, and the sentence was finalized without appeal.

The general manager of a prestigious soccer club at a private high school in Tokyo, who was arrested on December 10, 2011 on charges including indecency with non-consent, had four male members of the club take pictures of his lower body and send them to his SNS. According to the statements of the boys, “I didn’t want to do it, but I was afraid that if I disobeyed the coach, I would be removed from the starting lineup. Furthermore, since many of the boys were special students, it was more difficult for them to disobey the director.

When one of the victim boys saw a news report about sexual assault by Johnny’s, he “realized that what he was being subjected to was sexual assault,” and he consulted with his parents, which led to the discovery of the incident. Without this accusation, the case might never have come to light.

During the trial, the general director apologized for making the students feel bad, but insisted that it was not sexual assault , saying, “It was just a bad joke in the athletic department, and in the past, I was made to do it myself. Perhaps he had taken the crime lightly as he said this, but when the prosecutor asked for a sentence of “12 years in prison,” he looked up to the heavens and was so shocked that he could not speak for a while in his final statement.

The general director was later sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 5, ’24, and his sentence was finalized without appeal.

The suspect Matsushima seems to claim that he was not forced to do so. However, as the examples of these cases show, it is possible that the female victim simply could not resist against the suspect Matsushima, who was her instructor.

The truth will probably be revealed in future investigations.

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