A woman who recruited international students for study programs in Hawaii has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, authorities said.
HONOLULU, United States — A woman who recruited international students for study programs in Hawaii has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, authorities said.
An Oahu grand jury on Thursday indicted 36-year-old Rika Shimizu on five counts of second-degree sexual assault and four counts of fourth-degree sexual assault.
Shimizu operated a boarding home for Japanese students who were attending school in Honolulu. Shimizu, of Japan, is in Hawaii on a visa, prosecutors said.
She assaulted a boarder beginning in October and lasting until February while the boy was bedridden for several weeks from a head injury, authorities said.
Honolulu police arrested Shimizu on Tuesday after the boy reported the assaults.
