China News Service, January 23. According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in was prosecuted for allegedly injecting medical drugs. His lawyer stated on the 23rd that Liu Ya-in began to rely on sleep anesthetics due to long-term depression and injected related drugs during the treatment process. drug.
Data map: Korean actor Yoo Ah-in.
According to reports, the Seoul Central District Court held the second trial of Yoo Ah-in’s drug-related case that day. Yoo Ah-in’s defense lawyer stated the above in court.
The defense lawyer said that as a star who has attracted much public attention, Yoo Ah-in has long suffered from depression, panic attacks and sleep disorders, and has become dependent on sleep anesthetics while receiving multiple treatments.
He admitted to using relevant drugs in this case and has deeply reflected on this.
But he never prescribed sleep anesthetics solely for non-therapeutic purposes.
The defense lawyer also admitted that Yoo Ah In smoked marijuana with Choi, but denied the charge of instigating others to smoke marijuana.
Regarding the accusation that Yoo Ah-in illegally prescribed sleeping pills in the name of a family member, the defense lawyer said that the facts are basically true, but taking the prescription to the drug store to collect the medicine is an exception to the scope of the Narcotics Control Act.
According to the report, the defense lawyer stated that Yoo Ah In is deeply introspecting and apologizes to all those who were disappointed by this incident.
According to previous reports by Korean media, Yoo Ah-in was accused of injecting propofol 181 times at many hospitals in Seoul from September 2020 to March 2022 on the grounds that he needed anesthesia for cosmetic surgery.
He is also suspected of illegally prescribing about 1,100 sleeping pills in the name of others from May 2021 to August 2022. In January 2023, he smoked marijuana with Cui and four other people in the United States and instigated others to take drugs.
On December 12, 2023 local time, Liu Yaren appeared in court for the first time and stated that he would face the trial frankly and apologized for the concerns caused.
According to reports, Yoo Ah-in is suspected of violating the "Drug Control Act", smoking and instigating others to smoke marijuana, instigating the destruction of evidence, violating the "Medical Act", and committing fraud.