Yoo Ah-in only admits to smoking marijuana, claiming, "Other facts in the indictment were different or exaggerated."
Yoo Ah-in only admits to smoking marijuana, claiming, "Other facts in the indictment were different or exaggerated."
Actor Yoo Ah-in (37, real name Eom Hong-sik), who was indicted without detention on charges of habitual drug use, only admitted to smoking marijuana among the prosecutors' charges and claimed that the other charges were "different or exaggerated."

Criminal Agreement Division 25-1 of the Seoul Central District Court (Chief Judges Park Jeong-gil, Park Jeong-je, and Ji Gwi-yeon) held the first trial on the 12th at 10 am for Mr. Choi (32), including Yoo Ah-in, who was indicted on charges of violation of the Narcotics Control Act (hypocampus), etc. opened.

At the trial on this day, Yoo Ah-in's lawyer said, "From a fundamental standpoint, we admit to smoking marijuana," and added, "The purpose is to fight in relation to instructing marijuana smoking, instructing the destruction of evidence, aiding and abetting drugs, escaping criminals, and making threats." At the same time, he claimed, “The indictment related to propofol is different from some facts or has exaggerated parts, so there is room for an in-depth review of the facts and legal principles.”

In court, when asked by the judge about his occupation, Yoo Ah-in simply said "actor" and did not open his mouth in particular.
Yoo Ah-in only admits to smoking marijuana, claiming, "Other facts in the indictment were different or exaggerated."
Yoo Ah-in only admits to smoking marijuana, claiming, "Other facts in the indictment were different or exaggerated."
Yoo Ah-in only admits to smoking marijuana, claiming, "Other facts in the indictment were different or exaggerated."
Yoo Ah-in only admits to smoking marijuana, claiming, "Other facts in the indictment were different or exaggerated."
On this day, Yoo Ah-in said in front of reporters before attending the trial, "I am sorry for causing concern to many people," and "I will faithfully participate in the remaining trial process and explain my case." He then said, "Once again, I would like to express my sincere apologies to those who were disappointed and suffered a lot of damage because of me," and headed to the court.

When asked by reporters about the postponement of the trial date, Yoo Ah-in hesitated and stuttered before answering, "I think there was a situation related to the lawyer." He then entered the court without answering questions such as, ‘Is it true that you offered marijuana to the group?’

Yoo Ah-in, who left the court about 40 minutes later, added, "There are many parts of the indictment that are different from the facts," and added, "I will faithfully explain those parts through the trial process." Afterwards, he left the court without answering a question about whether he had appointed luxurious lawyers, including lawyer Jeon Gwan, and said, "I'm sorry."

Previously, on October 19, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office's Violent Crime Investigation Department (Chief Prosecutor Kim Yeon-sil) indicted Yoo Ah-in without detention on a total of eight charges, including habitual propofol use, buying illegal prescriptions for sleeping pills in other people's names, smoking marijuana, instigation, and instigation of destruction of evidence. Yoo Ah-in is accused of using more than seven types of drugs (violation of the Narcotic Drugs Control Act, etc.), including propofol, marijuana, ketamine, cocaine, zolpidem, midazolam, and alprazolam.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr
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