Will the ‘game’ held by Yoo Ah-in fail on Netflix? “NO, provisional hold”

The movie 'The Victory', which is tied to actor Yoo Ah-in (37), who is suspected of habitual drug use, is still drifting.

On the 1st, both Ace Make Movie Works and Netflix, the distributors of 'Seungbu', told Ten Asia, "There are no issues related to 'Seungbu' yet," adding, "It is a temporary suspension situation where it has not yet been decided whether it will be released on Netflix or in theaters in relation to public channels. “We are watching,” he said.

A total of three works have been caught up with Yoo Ah-in: the movie ‘Victory’ (directed by Kim Hyeong-joo, produced by Moonlight Film Company), the movie ‘High Five’ (directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol, produced by Annapurna Film), and the Netflix series ‘The Fool of the End’ (screenplay by Jeong Seong-joo, produced by Annapurna Film). Directed by Kim Jin-min), etc. Everything has come to a halt due to Yoo Ah-in's drug charges. There has been no news yet regarding the release of these three works. In this difficult situation, the pain is only getting longer.

Yoo Ah-in's first trial was scheduled to be held on the 14th of last month on charges of violation of the Narcotics Control Act (hypopathy), etc., but he appointed an additional lawyer and submitted an application to change the date. Yoo Ah-in has assembled a luxurious defense team of eight people, including the Chief Judge of the High Court and the former head of the Narcotics Department at the Prosecutors' Office. The first trial is scheduled to take place this month.

Yoo Ah-in is accused of habitually administering propofol 181 times from September 2020 to March of last year, and illegally prescribing sleeping pills under someone else's name 44 times from May 2021 to August of last year. There are a total of four types of medical narcotics confirmed to have been administered by Yoo Ah-in, including propofol, midazolam, ketamine, and remimazolam. In addition, he is also accused of smoking marijuana in the United States with four other people, including his accomplice, an acquaintance named Choi (32), last January, and of instructing others to smoke.

Previously, Yoo Ah-in avoided both arrest warrants and was handed over to trial without detention. The court judged that there was a lack of necessity and reasonableness to imprison Yoo Ah-in, citing the fact that a significant amount of evidence had been secured and that he had admitted to some of the crimes. In addition, the reason was that they wanted to guarantee the right to defense because there was room for dispute about some of the charges.


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