Tokyo: A fortune teller in Japan has been ordered to pay US$850,000 (RM3.78mil) in damages to a female client she forced into prostitution, local media reported.
Tokyo District Court ruled that the clairvoyant brainwashed the woman into believing she owed her money, forcing her to pay off the debt by working in the sex industry and then pocketing nearly all of her income, some ¥90miln (RM3.47mil).
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