[Exclusive]'Forced molestation fine sentence' Yoo Jae-hwan to face appeal court in June

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Composer and broadcaster Yoo Jae-hwan, who was sent to trial on charges of forced molestation, has filed an appeal against the fine sentence and will appear in court again in June.

The 3-1 Criminal Division of Seoul Southern District Court is scheduled to hold the first appeal trial session for Yoo Jae-hwan's forced molestation charges on June 11.

Previously, Judge Seo Young-woo of the Criminal Division 12 of Seoul Southern District Court sentenced Yoo Jae-hwan, who was indicted on charges of forced molestation, to a fine of 5 million won and ordered him to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program on November 26, 2025. Following this, Yoo Jae-hwan submitted an appeal through his legal representative.

Yoo Jae-hwan was indicted without detention on charges of forced molestation after posting an Instagram post in June 2023 with the gist of "creating songs without receiving composition fees," which led to him meeting the victim.

Subsequently, in May 2024, Yoo Jae-hwan expressed his feelings via his SNS, stating, "I will stay away from the entertainment and broadcasting industries until the trial is fully concluded. I sincerely apologize to those who were genuinely harmed by me."

At that time, Yoo Jae-hwan announced his marriage to composer Jung In-kyung in April 2024, but was immediately embroiled in multiple allegations of composition fee fraud, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. He denied the sexual harassment and assault allegations, stating, "It is absolutely not true," and expressed his intention to repay the composition fee fraud allegations.

Additionally, Yoo Jae-hwan was transferred without detention to the Prosecution Service on fraud charges. He was accused of deceiving female victim A, promising to compose songs for free excluding labor costs in March 2022, but defrauding her of 1.3 million won. On March 6, 2022, A contacted Yoo Jae-hwan via SNS and discussed work-related matters. The next day, A transferred 1.3 million won to Yoo Jae-hwan's account. Subsequently, Yoo Jae-hwan engaged in the act of recruiting composition project applicants and collecting payments in advance, even though the work was not yet completed, leading to the public exposure of the "composition fee recycling" allegations. In response, A filed a criminal complaint against Yoo Jae-hwan for fraud with the police at the end of May 2024.

Even after that, Yoo Jae-hwan was collectively sued by 23 people on charges of composition fee fraud, but in January, he received a decision from the police of no prosecution (no charges) due to insufficient evidence.

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