StarBulletin: Charges against accused rapist dropped
Question: What ever happened to the two Japanese men who were accused of raping two Japanese women at a Waikiki hotel room and were later caught as one of them tried to catch a flight to Japan?
Answer: Taizo Kirihara, 23, and Goro Miki, 25, both of Japan, were charged with multiple counts of second-degree sexual assault involving two 19-year-old women they had been drinking with on Dec. 14. Kirihara has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post $250,000 bail, and was set for trial this week [early June]. However, in an unexpected twist, Circuit Judge Virginia Crandall dismissed the charges against him on Tuesday after the court and the attorneys received a letter from the two victims saying they no longer wanted to prosecute. The women gave no reason for their about-face...more...