TV personality Bobby Ologun arrested over alleged sexual assault

CHIBA — Bobby Ologun, who has appeared on various TV shows in Japan and obtained Japanese nationality, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman, police said.

The 60-year-old, whose real name is Bobby Konda, is suspected of having nonconsensual intercourse with the woman at a house in Chiba Prefecture between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on April 21. She reported it to a police station the following day.

He has denied the allegation, the prefectural police said, adding that the two were not in a relationship.

Ologun, who was born in Nigeria and now has Japanese citizenship, was arrested at Tokyo's Haneda airport upon his arrival from overseas.

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