Society | Jun 22

Man held for alleged defamation over obscene video of female athlete

Jun 22 (Kyodo) - In a law-enforcement first, a 57-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of damaging the reputation of a female athlete by posting a video he secretly took of her in a sexualized context on a porn site, police said.

It is the first time Japanese police have applied the charge of defamation to the sharing online of sexualized photos and videos taken of athletes non-consensually -- a phenomenon that has become a growing social problem.

Source: 日テレNEWS


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