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Fukuoka city councilman accused of groping nurse at hospital

FUKUOKA (TR) – It has been revealed that a city councilman from Nogata City has been indicted on charges of indecent assault without consent for allegedly touching a female nurse’s breasts, reports TBS News (Apr. 27).

The person indicted on charges of indecent assault without consent is 80-year-old Noboru Matsuda.

According to the indictment, Matsuda is alleged to have committed indecent acts against a female nurse in her 20s in the early morning of August 5 last year, while hospitalized in a hospital in the prefecture, including touching her breasts over her clothes.

Noboru Matsuda
Noboru Matsuda

Regarding the allegations, Matsuda told the network, “I don’t know, you’re being rude. I’m 80 years old, and I don’t have that kind of energy. I don’t remember anything.”

Matsuda’s trial began on April 22 at the Kokura branch of the Fukuoka District Court.