Prosecution Indicts Yoo Ah-in Without Detention on Charges of 181 Counts of Propofol and Other Drug Administration

Actor Yoo Ah-in (37, real name Eom Hong-sik), who is accused of habitual drug use, has been brought to trial.

Actor Yoo Ah-in, who is accused of habitual drug use, appeared at the pre-trial detention hearing held on the 21st of last month at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

The Violent Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Yeon-sil) indicted Yoo on the 19th without detention on charges including violation of the Narcotics Control Act (psychotropic substances). Yoo's accomplice, acquaintance Choi (32), was also brought to trial.

Yoo is accused of habitually using propofol and other drugs 181 times from September 2020 to March 2022. He is also charged with illegally obtaining sleeping pills under another person's name 44 times from May 2021 to August 2022, as well as smoking or instructing the use of marijuana.