Accused of sexual assault, Ito sent back to Reims

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The subject of two complaints for alleged sexual assaults committed last June, Junya Ito was sent back to Reims by the Japanese selection currently engaged in the Asian Cup.

France Bleu reported the news this Friday, when it was initially questioned that the person concerned would continue the continental competition with the Japanese group, opposed to Iran on Saturday at the quarter-final stage.

Two weeks ago, two young women filed a complaint against the Reims striker for sexual assault committed last June, on the sidelines of a Japanese football team meeting. Junya Ito denies any non-consensual relationship; the Japanese press nevertheless mentions an attempt at a financial arrangement at the initiative of the player.

Reims “in solidarity” with its player

We must create an environment in which the team can concentrate on football », justifies the president of the Japanese Football Federation Kozo Tajima. Junya Ito is therefore expected in Reims in the evening this Friday, therefore available for the championship match against Toulouse this Sunday.

Pending a judicial investigation to support the media’s comments, Stade de Reims has no information to support, in one direction or the other, the investigation carried out by the authorities. ‘Osaka, the reported events having taken place during an international truce period “, reacted the Champagne club for its part, saying “ united » for the hour of his scorer.

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