Yoo Ah-in Appeals for Leniency, Citing Father's Injury and First Offense in Drug Case
Nov 19, 2024
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On the morning of the 19th, the Seoul High Court held the second hearing of Yoo Ah-in and acquaintance Choi, who were indicted on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.
Yoo Ah-in, who is serving a prison sentence in the first trial, appeared in court in a mint-colored embroidery and glasses on the same day.
Yoo Ah-in's lawyer appealed for leniency during the trial, citing that he had to live with a lifelong guilt after suffering a father's injury, that he was more expensive than the general public as a celebrity, and that he was a first-time offender.
Lawyer Yoo Ah-in " Yoo Ah-in failed to take care of himself properly to bring joy and emotion to the public. Please take into account that the cost of wrong choices due to sleep disorders involving depression has been greater than the cost of ordinary people, which has been hit hard as an actor at the moment."
Citing Yoo Ah-in's father's death in August, the defendant suffered the death of his father during the incident. You have to live with the guilt that your father's condition worsened because of yourself. There is no greater punishment than this."
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"The defendant needed cosmetic management through professional procedures due to the nature of his job as an actor and inevitably administered propofol in the process of receiving the procedure", he said. "It is also argued that he tried to silence and avoided contact using social influence, but this is not true. The lower court also acquitted the accused of destroying evidence." In the meantime, the prosecutor unreasonably claims that Yoo Ah-in and Choi Ha-neul interfered with the investigation," he stressed.
Meanwhile, Yoo Ah-in was put on trial in October last year on charges of taking drugs such as propofol 9635.7mL, midazolam 567mg, ketamine 11.5mL and remimazolam 200mg, illegally buying 1,100 Stilnox tablets and Xanax tablets prescribed in the name of another person, or buying drugs 44 times in the name of six people, including his father and sister. As a result, Yoo Ah-in was sentenced to a one-year fine of 2 million won at the first trial held in September and immediately arrested in court.
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