Rainbow 6 Siege X professional Sho ‘BlackRay’ Hasegawa was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly kidnapping a person and “confining” him for 3 months.
On July 18, Siege.GG reported that CAG Osaka’s Sho ‘BlackRay’ Hasegawa had been arrested by Tokyo Metropolitan Police for allegedly confining an individual for 3 months.
The Rainbow 6 Siege X professional had seemingly been photographed being led right into a police station alongside a gaggle of different males. In whole, seven males had been arrested and detained on July 16, with the group additionally being accused of blackmailing a person who was the primary contractor of an inside development undertaking.
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In response to an additional report from Jiji in Japan, the group had “allegedly poured boiling water on him, beat him with a hammer, and brought on critical accidents resembling fractured ribs, a damaged decrease again, and burns throughout his physique.” This led to a six-month restoration interval for the contractor.
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BlackRay was photographed as part of the arrests.
Moreover, the report additionally said that there have been “suspicions” of the seven males utilizing a screwdriver to impale the contractor and “pressed a heated frying pan in opposition to his physique.”
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The group had additionally apparently extorted round $13,000 (2 million YEN) from the sufferer. He was solely discovered by police following a automotive crash on April 30 that he was concerned in as a passenger.
CAG Osaka have withdrawn from the APAC North 2025 Stage 1 Playoffs, the place they had been set to play in opposition to PSG Talon. BlackRay has additionally been faraway from their workforce web site, however, as of writing, they haven’t issued an announcement on him.
As per Siege.GG, that is believed to have taken place between February and April, when BlackRay would have been in Boston, competing on the Six Invitational 2025.
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They consider that the person had been freed solely weeks earlier than CAG Osaka reached the RE:L0:AD grand finals.
