Fallen K-pop star Park Yoo-chun ordered to pay woman in sex assault case

Park, popularly known as Micky, has been told to pay the woman more than US$80,000

She is one of four women to have made sexual assault claims against the troubled star

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Fallen South Korean K-pop star Park Yoo-chun. File photo

Published: 1:23pm, 17 Sep 2019Updated: 2:05pm, 17 Sep 2019

Fallen South Korean K-pop star Park Yoo-chun has been ordered by a court in Seoul to compensate a woman who claimed the former boy band member sexually assaulted her.

The Mediation Centre of Seoul court recommended that Park, popularly known as Micky, pay 100 million won (US$84,300) to the victim.

The victim is among four women who reported Park for alleged sexual assault in 2016.

The order, which was first delivered after a mandatory mediation last month, came into effect after a two-week grace period and carries the same weight as a court ruling.

This is not the first of Park’s legal troubles. Earlier this year, through a separate investigation in connection with South Korea’s explosive Burning Sun sex scandal – which involved big names in K-pop including Big Bang singer-songwriter Seungri, former CEO of YG Entertainment Yang Hyun-suk, singers Jung Joon-young, Roy Kim, Choi Jong-hoon and several others – Park and his former fiancée Namyang Dairy Products heiress Hwang Ha-na, were arrested for illegal drug use after testing positive for methamphetamine.

Fallen K-pop star Park Yoo-chun ordered to pay woman in sex assault case

Park, popularly known as Micky, has been told to pay the woman more than US$80,000 She is one of four women to have made sexual assault claims against the troubled star

Park, popularly known as Micky, has been told to pay the woman more than US$80,000

She is one of four women to have made sexual assault claims against the troubled star