On 23 August 2016 he was arrested by the Gunma Prefectual Police on charges of sexual assault against a female employee at a business hotel in Maebashi, where he stayed during movie shoot.
On 9 September 2016 at the Maebashi District Public Prosecutors Office, Takahata and the victim declared that the charges would be dropped. On the same day his manager, Mitsuzo Ishii Office, cancelled his contract, and he became independent.
