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.
Kamimura, a former member of a Japanese boy group named ONE N’ ONLY, was arrested in the southern Chinese city of March.
In the same month, his contract was terminated due to a serious compliance violation. In April, he pleaded not guilty. 4
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.
The defense argued the in