Polygamist, spouse and girl busted after being caught with 860 covert intercourse movies
A self-proclaimed male polygamist, his wife and another woman have been arrested for conspiring to covertly record him engaging in sexual activity with a third woman.
This marks the second arrest for Yohei Ono, 39, who faced accusations last month of holding a teenage girl captive in the capital for a prolonged period.
Officers believe the string of offences carried out by the accused brought Ono roughly tens of millions of yen over a two-year span, according to TBS News. In July of last year, Yohei Ono, 39, his spouse Haruka, 28, and his former common-law partner and adopted daughter, 23-year-old Rin are suspected of plotting to covertly film Ono having intercourse with a woman in her 20s at a hotel in Shinjuku Ward.
Ono had encountered the third woman through social media platforms. The accused then uploaded the material onto adult video website myfans.jp for public consumption.
Following their detention on suspicion of breaching the Law Banning the Taking of Sexually Explicit Photographs, Ono confessed to the allegations. Nevertheless, Haruka and Rin have opted to stay quiet.
The trio had earlier fitted a fire alarm-style camera into the hotel room’s ceiling to secretly capture the encounter.
Following the sexual encounter, Haruka and Rin burst into the room and demanded money from the woman. “What are you doing to my husband?” one of them questioned the third woman.
The female accused also sought 3 million yen in damages. The trio are suspected of carrying out crimes using identical methods for more than two years, with Ono allegedly pocketing around 50 million yen during this period.
Officers initially nabbed Ono for allegedly imprisoning a teenage girl for roughly two months in a flat in Hyakunincho, Shinjuku.
The victim had also encountered Ono through online channels, and after several meetings, he allegedly imprisoned her whilst making threats.
“I’ll kill you if you run away,” he reportedly said whilst forcing her to live with him.
The case emerged when the woman managed to flee and sought assistance at a police station in Osaka Prefecture.
Authorities seized 37 smartphones, 3 laptops, collars and handcuffs from one of the confinement sites, with the restraints believed to have been used to detain the victim.
Analysis of the smartphones and other equipment uncovered more than 860 explicit videos featuring over 100 women.
A police source told Jiji Press that Ono told the girl during the confinement that she was an animal. He also put a collar on her.
The source believes that “brainwashing through fear” was behind this “bizarre polygamous lifestyle.”
As their relationship deepened, Ono became increasingly violent.
“I know where your parents live,” he said. “If you run away, I’ll tell everyone you work in the sex industry.”
As a consequence, she felt she had no option but to comply with his demands, police said. He confiscated her smartphone and coerced her into living with him in flats in Toshima and Shinjuku wards.
“You’re a subhuman animal, a dog,” he said. He placed the collar on her and repeatedly compelled her to engage in sex acts.
Ono called himself “Uncle Takeru,” meaning a man who gets what he wants. Haruka was known as “Penguin” and Rin as “Rabbit.”
The girl told police that Ono heard the suspect’s “plans,” which included “finding four wives and having children with them.”
He also said, “Don’t let the girls go to school, make them wear maid uniforms at home and don’t let them have sex with any men other than me.”
Police are currently investigating whether any additional crimes were committed.
