6 students arrested for gang rape released after out-of-court settlement reached

Tuesday 23rd June, 03:06 AM JST

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PepinGalarga at 02:23 PM JST - 23rd June

This is ridiculous. Who knows what kind of connections these kids have.

Also, need a lot more info about what happened. Otherwise it's all speculation. If the kids don't get expelled it will be another terrible precedent.
IchyaWarFare at 02:39 PM JST - 23rd June

The article does not say anything about letting them back into school. The last article on it said they were expulsed from the school, the men that is. Either way, I am sure no parent would want them for their child's teacher, whether they ar guilty or innocent.
Molenir at 12:17 AM JST - 24th June

My point was that there is no proof of rape.

No, the point is, we don't know what evidence there is. The prosecutors in the case felt they had enough to go forward with it. That should suggest something right there. Perhaps there were other witnesses, who were there that night but weren't involved. Perhaps a bartender etc. Who knows. The point is, that because the perps bribed the girl, they get off. To me, thats criminal right there.

Last I remember reading about the story, the kids had merely been suspended, not expelled. Though I could be wrong on this point.
Himajin at 08:08 AM JST - 24th June

A group of young men in the US were saved only by the video tape they shot. The woman thought better of what she'd done the night before, and charged them all with rape . The video tape though, showed her suggesting sex acts and directing camera angles. 'But she was drunk'....but so were they...why are men liable for their conduct while drunk, but women are not?

More than her word should be required. If she was raped, and refused testing or refused to press charges, then that's her decision, and again I don't think it's right to assume they 'bribed' her.
JoeBigs at 12:42 PM JST - 24th June

This case was so bloody odd, the girl says she was drunk then raped. They young men say it was consensual sex. Then the girls drops the case after the young men families shell out a gift/bribe/payoff.

The only way to know that this was a true case is to have a look at the evidence.

Very odd case indeed.....
hakujinsensei at 06:50 PM JST - 24th June

Molenir, there is nothing to suggest that the prosecutors had any evidence to prosecute. the kids were arrested but that was only to shake the obligatory confessions out of them after being denied food water and toilet privileges ; ) One does not have to be charged with anything to keep you in jail in Japan for up to 3 weeks. The were not charged and it says that the girl withdrew her claim.

One thing I have learned in my time here is once the paperwork starts going, there is no stopping it. Had there been any evidence, even her withdrawal of her claim would probably not have stopped it had the boys actually been charged.
polarmalik at 09:44 PM JST - 26th June

The criminals were allowed to escape Justice - the six alleged gang rapist may have threatened the victim and got her to drop the charges - this will encourage them to gang rape the same victim again and go for other victims in future.....They should have been punished and given death sentence by Firing Squad in a public square
Blue_Tiger at 02:14 PM JST - 27th June

Interesting that the charge of rape -- a capital crime in many countries, and a serious one in the USA -- can be negotiated out of court. This University ought to have the entirity of its administration fired, and those 6 boys criminally charged. At the junior college I taught in, a teacher was accused of sexual misconduct, and at the end of his contract (that year) was let go. While our administration didn't fire him outright, the charge was taken seriusly, and when an investigation was done, it was found that as many as 16 of our female students accused him. If this univeristy did the same thing, I wonder: how many other girls would come forward? Ahh, but as someone else said, there's the question of the University's reoputation. Well, now, guess what? This University now has the reputation of allowing gang rapists to settle out of court on a charge of gang rape. I wager that there's an 80% decrease in the number of female students next year, and a 90% increase of male students.
hamiltontruther at 02:24 PM JST - 27th June

interesting how japan is proud of itself as being a "safety" country despite all the crime. i guess japan is only safe if one is an adult japanese male.
realist at 06:16 PM JST - 27th June

Unbelievable! japanese "justice" strikes again.. If you have the money, you can get away with anything in japan, and this case proves it. This is nothing short of outrageous.
MagnusGarstin at 01:02 PM JST - 28th June

Murder a Nova teacher? - forget it. Your rich parents will pay off the cops/yakuza and lavishly fund you while you're on the run. Gang-rape an unconscious girl? - no worries. Your rich parents will put up a lot of money to "change her mind" and the cops/university authorities will then pressure her to accept (or face being branded a shameless whore by a hypocritical,chauvenistic Japanese society). You've got wealthy, prestigious parents? - then rejoice buddy! You can do absolutely anything in this techno-feudal, often-barbaric country and get away with it.
Blue_Tiger at 05:22 PM JST - 28th June

Well-said, Magnus. I suspect that is just such the case here....
hamiltontruther at 11:39 PM JST - 28th June

@MagnusGarstin; here here, lad. well put.
frontandcentre at 03:52 PM JST - 29th June

I hope Kyoto University of Education get what they deserve as a result of this - i.e. no more female students, ever
KeKeKeKeKe at 06:54 AM JST - 2nd August

Kyoto District Prosecutors Office is the one to blame. They ought to have clarified the reason why they abandoned the case. If they thought the boys were innocent, police must compensate their action of having them arrested, if not, they must make a reasonable explanation, to the anxious public, why they did not fulfil their duty to defend justice system, knowing the criminals may endanger the society.

KeKeKe