The Independent.ie reports:

"Blackston (23) was charged with sexually assaulting a Brazilian woman last April and assaulting Ms Furlong's friend last May in a Tokyo taxi that also contained carried his friend Richard Hinds and Ms Furlong. In the Blackston verdict, Judge Masayuki Yamada said that he assaulted Ms Furlong's friend to fulfill his "desire.""

In testimony from the two women that:

"Both women, referred to in court as 'victim A' and 'victim B' said they blacked out after drinking tequila that Mr Blackston gave them."

More details on the case and the verdict to follow!