立民・重徳衆院議員、女性が被害届　わいせつ疑い、本人は否定―愛知

　立憲民主党の重徳和彦衆院議員（愛知１２区）に無理やり体を触られたとして、支援者の女性が強制わいせつ容疑で愛知県警に被害届を出し、受理されていたことが４日、同議員側への取材で分かった。議員側は「事実無根だ」としており、本人が近く記者会見を開いて説明するという。
　重徳議員の秘書によると、女性は昨年４月、同議員と地元支援者の会合から帰宅する際、車の後部座席で議員に首元から服の中に手を入れられ、体を触られたなどと訴えている。
　議員側は「女性は酒に酔っており、議員の車に自ら乗った。寄り掛かってきたので制止しただけだ。運転手も見ている」と説明。女性は支援者の紹介で知り合い、選挙も応援してもらったという。（2023/12/04-20:47）

A woman has filed a sexual assault complaint with the Aichi prefectural police against Kazuhiko Shigetoku, a member of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, it was learned Monday.
   According to a secretary to Shigetoku, the woman said that the House of Representatives lawmaker slipped his hand inside her clothes and groped her while they were in a vehicle returning from a gathering attended by the lawmaker and local supporters in April last year.
   Saying that her claims were unfounded, Shigetoku's camp suggested that the woman was drunk at the time and climbed into the vehicle with Shigetoku on her own volition.
   Shigetoku stopped her when she started to lean against him, his camp said, adding that the driver witnessed the scene.
   According to Shigetoku's camp, the woman, who was introduced to Shigetoku through a supporter, backed him in elections.