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Kang Ji Hwan received a final sentence after being tried for sexually assaulting and sexually harassing two female staff members.
On June 11, the Suwon High Court held an appeal trial on Kang Ji Hwan’s case and decided to uphold the original sentence: the actor had received a prison sentence last December of two years and six months that is suspended for three years of probation. This means that you will only serve the prison sentence if you commit another crime during the three-year probation period.
Later that month, Kang Ji Hwan filed an appeal on the second trial decision to uphold his sentence, and his case then went to the Supreme Court.
On November 5, the Supreme Court upheld the original ruling, meaning that Kang Ji Hwan, who was charged with quasi-rape and quasi-indecent acts by force, received a final prison sentence of two years and six months with suspension of three years. parole.
In July 2019, the police detained Kang Ji Hwan at his home in Gwangju after receiving a report that he had entered a room where two female staff were sleeping, and then sexually assaulted one of them and sexually harassed the other. During the court process, Kang Ji Hwan pleaded guilty to quasi-rape, but denied part of the charges of quasi-indecent acts by force.
Victim “A” had claimed that Kang Ji Hwan had assaulted them while they were drunk and asleep. Kang Ji Hwan stated that he had evidence that “A” had sent a KakaoTalk message to someone else during that time and that victim “B” was drunk and asleep, but not unable to resist.
Being accused of quasi-indecent acts of force means that the perpetrator has taken advantage of the other’s unconsciousness or inability to resist, and if “B” is shown to be sleeping drunk, Kang Ji Hwan’s charges could be confirmed.
During the first trial, Kang Ji Hwan was charged with criminal charges of quasi-rape and quasi-indecent acts by force after “A’s” KakaoTalk messages were found to be short enough to have been sent while intoxicated.
The appeals court had stated as its reasoning for upholding the original judgment, “‘A’s statement was not irrational or inconsistent in any way, and there was no reason or motive to make a false report.”
In rejecting Kang Ji Hwan’s appeal, the Supreme Court said: “From the investigations to the trials, the victim of quasi-indecent acts by force testified consistently and in detail about the defendant’s actions and the victim’s feelings.”
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