Nearly a pair months in the past, Yoo Ah In‘s authorized troubles appeared to deepen, as after his drug use scandal he was subsequently accused of sexual assaulting a person. Nevertheless, the latest replace is that police have determined to not pursue expenses as a consequence of inadequate proof.
Police have determined to not refer actor Yoo Ah-in to prosecutors over rape accusations a person filed in opposition to him, citing inadequate proof, officers stated Thursday.
A person in his 30s filed a grievance with the police in July, accusing the actor of raping him whereas he was asleep at a studio condo in Seoul’s central district of Yongsan earlier within the month.
Yoo was subsequently booked on expenses of imitative rape, which applies to instances of rape involving same-sex people.
The Yongsan Police Station decided final week that there was inadequate proof to assist the accusation and determined to not refer the case to the prosecution for additional investigation, officers stated.
I point out the accuser being a male each as a result of it impacts the way in which the crime is dealt with, the media’s protection of it, and likewise as a result of it makes me surprise if it was extra concerning the medicine but once more.
Earlier in September, Yoo was sentenced to at least one yr in jail for habitually abusing unlawful medicine between 2020 and 2022 and was instantly put beneath detention.
Yoo examined destructive in a drug check performed in reference to the rape accusation.
It’s kinda simply thrown in on the finish of quite a lot of the information articles, however the allegation allowed them to pursue an extra drug check of the actor.
Whereas attempting to be respectful of the accuser, part of me virtually seems like they won’t have pursued this in any respect if it didn’t give them an opportunity to drug check him once more. I dunno, simply that complete information cycle stuffed with sensationalism and what not appeared designed to out him as homosexual after which painting them as being like sexual deviants or one thing, prefer it by no means even gave the impression to be concerning the potential sufferer.
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Talking of his drug use case, that was wrapped up earlier this month when he was sentenced to a yr in jail and a two million received positive.
Actor Yoo Ah-in was sentenced to at least one yr in jail on Tuesday for habitually abusing unlawful medicine and was instantly put beneath detention.
The 38-year-old actor, whose newest works embrace the Netflix darkish fantasy sequence “Hellbound,” faces expenses of illegally utilizing propofol, a medical anesthetic, beneath the pretext of beauty procedures on 181 events between 2020 and 2022.
He was additionally accused of abusing three different medical anesthetic medicine, together with midazolam and ketamine.
Prices in opposition to him additionally embrace shopping for about 1,100 sleeping drugs with prescriptions beneath different folks’s names, smoking marijuana whereas in america in January, and coercing accomplices to withdraw testimonies in opposition to him.
The Seoul Central District Courtroom on Tuesday sentenced the actor, whose authorized identify is Uhm Hong-sik, to at least one yr behind bars and imposed a positive of two million received (US$1,490).
Notably, he was acquitted of makes an attempt to tamper with proof or witnesses.
The court docket convicted him of unlawful drug purchases and abuse however discovered him not responsible of trying to destroy proof or coercion, citing inadequate proof.
I imply I get it because it’s unlawful and precedent is medicine are handled significantly in Korea, however like I don’t get how he will get precise time when Himchan will get a suspended sentence.