Sano’s representatives reported on the matter on Monday, but did not say whether charges have been brought against the 23-year-old Sano.
Also played in the Japanese men’s national football team Kaishu Sano was released after being detained for more than two weeks on suspicion of a sexual crime. Sano’s representatives reported on the matter on Monday, but did not say whether charges have been brought against the 23-year-old Sano.
– I sincerely apologize to the victim, who has had great worries as a result of my actions, Sano said in the press release.
– I take the consequences of my actions seriously and strive to restore trust.
Sano’s representatives did not agree to comment further on the matter to the news agency AFP, and the police could not be reached.
The German media reported, citing their sources, that no charges have been filed. At the beginning of July, Sano moved from the Japanese Kashima Antlers to Mainz, which plays in the German Bundesliga, with whom the defensive midfielder signed a four-year contract.
The Japanese media reported that Sano and his two twenty-something companions had sexually abused a woman in her thirties in a Tokyo hotel. The police caught the trio near the hotel shortly after the suspected act. As a result of the arrest, Sano has missed two of Mainz’s practice matches. The Bundesliga season starts at the end of August