Three-time Pacific League home run champion Hotaka Yamakawa is being investigated over an allegation of sexual assault, Tokyo police revealed Thursday, following a report published in Bunshun Online.
The 31-year-old pro baseball star allegedly assaulted a female companion in her 20s at a Tokyo hotel.
Asked about the report at the Lions’ home park, Saitama Prefecture’s Belluna Dome outside Tokyo, Yamakawa said, “I have nothing to say.”
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Source : Baseball – The Japan Times
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