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The Seoul High Court stated on the 27th, "We nullified Go Young Wook's original sentence and gave him the minimum sentence."
"The original 5-year prison sentence was reduced to 2-and-a-half years. The period that his personal records will be made public has also been reduced from 7 to 5 years, and the original sentence of 10 years of electronic anklet wear will be reduced to 3 years."
This came about as this time around, the court found him only guilty of 1 out of the 3 cases in the appeal, while he was found guilty of all of his charges in the original trial. He was previously sentenced to 5 years in prison and 10 years of electronic anklet wear as well as having his record made public for 7 years. However, he appealed to fight his original sentencing and succeeded.
During the appeals hearing held back on August 28, the victims who were supposed to serve as witnesses did not appear. Go Young Wook's lawyer at the time stated, "There are many contradictions in A's testimony. The prosecution misconceives the real relationship [between the victims and defendant], so we ask for the defendant to receive a non-guilty verdict."
Although Go Young Wook insisted since the beginning that he was not at fault because there was consent, he changed his stance and expressed remorse, even writing a letter to present to the court recently on September 23. Taking into consideration that he seems to be deeply reflecting and this is his first offense as well as the fact that he will be dealing with hard times as a well-known public figure, the court awarded him a reduced sentence during the appeals.
For those just catching up, the celebrity in question was accused of sexually assaulting 3 minors, as young as 13 years of age, a total of 5 times between July 2010 to December 2012.
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