NAGOYA, JAPAN - A woman in Japan died after allegedly being forced to drink dozens of shots of tequila by a man she had just met.
On Monday, March 2, prosecutors at the Nagoya District Court claimed that the 25-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released, joined Itaya Hiroki for a drink after he asked a server at the bar in Nagoya's Naka Ward to introduce them, PEOPLE reported.
Hiroki, 44, is reportedly a regular at the bar and is accused of having encouraged the woman to drink 32 shots of tequila within 90 minutes of them sitting together on May 7, 2023, according to the indictment.
Hiroki has been accused of intentionally getting the woman drunk before taking her to a hotel in a taxi with the intention of having sex with her. "It is true I encouraged her to drink, but I didn't have any sexual intent," Hiroki told the court. Prosecutors allege that he ordered the tequila because the woman nodded when asked if she could drink alcohol.
"You can still drink, right?" he allegedly asked, before encouraging the woman to keep drinking, the prosecution told the court. The woman allegedly refused his invitation to go to a hotel, while Hiroki made sexual advances, including touching her breasts over her clothes during the drinking session.
When they later went to the hotel, he allegedly gave up on trying to have sex with her because he realized that she was in a serious condition due to alcohol consumption. The woman was found collapsed at a hotel in Naka Ward and later confirmed dead.
She died of hypoxic encephalopathy caused by acute alcohol poisoning on June 21, 2023. Hiroki has denied allegations of indecent assault causing death and kidnapping for indecent purposes amid the ongoing court trial.
On Monday, March 2, prosecutors at the Nagoya District Court claimed that the 25-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released, joined Itaya Hiroki for a drink after he asked a server at the bar in Nagoya's Naka Ward to introduce them, PEOPLE reported.
Hiroki, 44, is reportedly a regular at the bar and is accused of having encouraged the woman to drink 32 shots of tequila within 90 minutes of them sitting together on May 7, 2023, according to the indictment.
Hiroki has been accused of intentionally getting the woman drunk before taking her to a hotel in a taxi with the intention of having sex with her. "It is true I encouraged her to drink, but I didn't have any sexual intent," Hiroki told the court. Prosecutors allege that he ordered the tequila because the woman nodded when asked if she could drink alcohol.
"You can still drink, right?" he allegedly asked, before encouraging the woman to keep drinking, the prosecution told the court. The woman allegedly refused his invitation to go to a hotel, while Hiroki made sexual advances, including touching her breasts over her clothes during the drinking session.
When they later went to the hotel, he allegedly gave up on trying to have sex with her because he realized that she was in a serious condition due to alcohol consumption. The woman was found collapsed at a hotel in Naka Ward and later confirmed dead.
She died of hypoxic encephalopathy caused by acute alcohol poisoning on June 21, 2023. Hiroki has denied allegations of indecent assault causing death and kidnapping for indecent purposes amid the ongoing court trial.
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