Actor Yoo Ah In (38, actual identify Uhm Hong Sik), who was indicted on prices of recurring abuse of propofol and different narcotics, has been sentenced to jail and instantly taken into custody following the sentencing.
On September 3, the twenty fifth Legal Division of the Seoul Central District Courtroom sentenced Yoo, who was indicted on prices of violating the Narcotics Management Act, to at least one 12 months in jail and a nice of two million received. Moreover, he was ordered to finish an 80-hour drug rehabilitation program and pay a forfeiture of roughly 1.54 million received.
After being given the jail sentence, Yoo was additionally instantly taken into custody in courtroom. The courtroom said, “We’re instantly taking Yoo into custody as a result of we consider he could flee now that he has been sentenced to imprisonment.”
They stated, “The character of the crime will not be good, contemplating the period of the offense, the variety of occasions it occurred, the strategy, and the quantity [of substances] concerned, and there’s appreciable room for criticism. Along with being depending on sedatives and sleeping drugs, the person additionally smoked marijuana, displaying a lack of know-how concerning the risks of medication and a disregard for associated laws,” explaining the explanations for the sentencing.
Nonetheless, the courtroom added, “It’s noteworthy that Yoo has suffered from sleep problems and melancholy for a very long time, and evidently his recurring use and buy of medical narcotics have been primarily motivated by the ache of being unable to sleep.”
Upon listening to the sentence of speedy detention, Yoo said, “I apologize for inflicting concern and fear to the general public.”
Yoo’s acquaintance, Mr. Choi, who was additionally placed on trial on prices of smoking marijuana, was sentenced to eight months in jail with a 2-year probation.
Yoo Ah In was indicted for recurring propofol use 181 occasions at hospitals in Seoul from September 2020 to March 2022, and for illegally acquiring sleeping drugs in one other particular person’s identify from Might 2021 to August 2022. He additionally faces prices of smoking marijuana in the USA and instructing others to take action.