Nearly 1,000 Sex Videos Shared in Polygamous Family Case

Tokyo, Jan. 6 (Jiji Press)–Investigative sources said on Tuesday that a 39-year-old man, his wife and common-law wife who were arrested over posting secretly filmed sexual videos shared nearly 1,000 such videos and photos online. The man, Yohei Ono, 39, his wife, Haruka, 28, and common-law wife Rin, 24, who is also his adopted daughter, claim that they have been living together as a polygamous family. Ono was arrested by Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department in November last year for allegedly confining a woman under 20. Haruka and Rin were arrested in the following month on suspicion of secretly filming Ono having sexual intercourse with a woman in her 20s and posting the footage on a video-sharing site. Ono was served with a fresh arrest warrant on the same charges as Haruka and Rin. On Tuesday, the police served new arrest warrants on the three for allegedly secretly filming him having sex with another woman in her 20s at a hotel in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on June 23, 2024, and sharing the video through online video platform myfans on Oct. 26 the same year. The three are believed to have earned more than 55 million yen by selling the secretly filmed videos online. Ono has admitted to the allegations, while Haruka and Rin have remained silent. The police said that the woman in the 2024 case and Ono came to know each other through social media and met several times. The police informed the woman that she had been secretly filmed. She told them that she was ordered to pay 3 million yen in consolation money for having an extramarital affair. The three are believed to have filmed the intercourse by setting up a camera disguised as a fire alarm and hiding other equipment behind framed paintings and boxes of tissues in a hotel room. Over 860 sexual videos featuring about 100 women have been found at related places, and police confirmed that around 1,000 videos were shared at a paid membership website. Some of the videos have already been deleted. The three are also suspected of operating a honey trap scheme. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]