Actor Yoo Ah-in seems for sentencing on the cost of repeated use of medication with out a prescription on the Seoul Central District Court docket, Seoul, on Sept. 3. (Yonhap)
Expenses have been dropped and the case closed towards actor Yoo Ah-in for alleged sexual assault, as a result of inadequate proof, native police stated Thursday.
Seoul Yongsan Police Station determined to not switch the case to the prosecution. The police had begun an investigation on July 15 after the 37-year-old actor was accused of sexually assaulting a person in his 30s in an officetel flat within the district.
The police had questioned the plaintiff and Yoo, however acknowledged they might not discover enough proof to again up the allegation.
Drug checks the police performed on each the plaintiff and Yoo, whose actual title is Uhm Hong-sik, additionally come again detrimental through the investigation.
Legal professional Bang Jung-hyun, who represents Yoo, had acknowledged instantly after the accusation was made, “The content material of the accusation towards Yoo Ah-in is just not true,” and “Please chorus from pointless hypothesis relating to his personal life.”
Police thought of statements by each events and witnesses in addition to CCTV footage from the location, in response to native media stories.
Bang additionally acknowledged that he had no plans to accuse the plaintiff of constructing a false cost.
In the meantime, Yoo has been in custody since Sept. 3 after being sentenced to at least one yr in jail and a pair of million gained ($1,500) in fines for repeated use of medication with out a prescription together with propofol, midazolam, ketamine and remimazolam.
One in every of Korea’s prime actors, Yoo is thought for his versatility, having starred in a variety of roles, from “Descendants of the Solar” (2016) to “Burning” (2018) and “Hellbound” (2021).