Japan pop idol guilty of indecent assault

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura was found guilty of a charge of indecent assault on a female interpreter in a Hong Kong court on Wednesday before some emotional fans.

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Kamimura, a former member of a Japanese boy group named “ONE N’ ONLY,” was arrested in the southern Chinese city in March.

In the same month, his contract was terminated due to a serious compliance violation. In April, he pleaded not guilty.

He allegedly touched the interpreter’s thigh repeatedly during a celebratory dinner at a restaurant.

During the trial last month, the interpreter testified through a live video link that Kamimura had invited her to a bathroom elsewhere.

After she dismissed the request and told him she had a boyfriend, Kamimura continued to touch her thigh, she said.