Former Toyota Verblitz flyhalf Ryota Kabashima was given a suspended prison term Thursday for possessing cocaine.The Okazaki branch of the Nagoya District Court sentenced the 28-year-old to 14 months in prison, suspended for three years. Prosecutors had demanded an 18-month prison term.Kabashima's "addiction to and dependency on cocaine were high," Judge Hiromitsu Ukai said in handing down the ruling, citing Kabashima's admission that he had been using the drug for the past three years after obtaining it through his then-teammate Steven Yates, who has also been indicted over cocaine and mar…READ FULL ARTICLE
