Ex-Kabukicho host club worker allegedly forced customer into prostitution
【逮捕】「早く金を作ってこい」女性客に売春させたか 歌舞伎町の元ホスト
TOKYO, Jan 24 (Kyodo) -
A former worker at a host club in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district has been arrested on suspicion of coercing a female customer into prostitution so she could pay off her bills, police said Monday.
Takuya Akiba, 27, allegedly forced the woman, who is in her 20s, to work at various brothels in Tokyo as well as Fukushima, Ehime, Kumamoto, Oita and Okinawa prefectures between October 2021 and March 2022, police said.
The suspect demanded around 10 million yen ($77,500) in unpaid dining expenses from the woman, according to the police. ...continue reading
Jan 24 (日テレNEWS) - 東京・歌舞伎町の元ホストの男が、女性客に「早く金を作ってこい」などと店の売掛金の返済を迫り、ソープランドで売春をさせたとして逮捕されました。 ...continue reading

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