[VR] [8K] Victim of Group Sexual Bullying

Synopsis

Early this morning, a video surfaced online showing five female members of the girls’ basketball club at a prefectural high school engaging in bullying toward their male manager. The videos were originally posted on private SNS accounts, then shared and spread by others across social media platforms. The perpetrators include two 3rd-year students, two 2nd-year students, and one 1st-year student, with their faces and names continuing to circulate online. The bullying involved sexual assault and abuse: forcibly removing the male manager’s clothes to photograph him naked, abusing his genitals and anus, and engaging in non-consensual sexual intercourse. Though the victim resisted, the five perpetrators overpowered him through force. The incidents were recorded, and the male manager feared the footage would be shared—a fear that has now become reality as the videos spread globally at an accelerating pace.

What adults and society should prioritize is the psychological and physical care of the victimized male manager and stopping the unnecessary spread of these videos. However, this has not been achieved. Instead, attempts to identify the personal information of both the manager and female students continue. Such actions constitute participation in the very bullying that occurred. The male manager is currently absent from school recuperating at home. The school has placed the five female students under home suspension while investigating the motivations and details. Bullying persists as a problem with no clear resolution regarding the futures of both perpetrators and victims. Attention focuses on what conclusions and actions the school will take.