The High Prosecutors’ Office on Thursday said it would not indict actor and singer Aaron Yan (炎亞綸) on charges of forced sexual intercourse, citing insufficient evidence.
In a statement, the office said there were no grounds to reconsider indicting Yan, as an investigation by the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office had been thorough.
Yan’s accuser, Internet personality Raku (耀樂), had applied for a reconsideration of the Shilin office’s decision yesterday not to pursue an indictment against Yan for alleged rape.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
Yan still faces trial for filming and leaking intimate videos of himself and Raku after being indicted yesterday under the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例).
The Shilin District Court earlier this week confirmed that it would hear the case on Dec. 21.
The trial is to be closed to the public due to the accuser’s age, the court said.
Yan could face between six months and five years in prison and a fine of up to NT$500,000 (US$15,937) for the offense of creating electronic records of sexual intercourse with a minor, prosecutors said in an earlier indictment.
He could also face a separate penalty of six months to five years in prison and a fine of up to NT$3 million for intentionally possessing explicit material involving a minor, prosecutors added.
Raku first accused Yan of raping him, as well as leaking intimate videos filmed without his consent, in a Facebook post in June.
In the post, Raku said that the incidents occurred after he entered a relationship with Yan in 2017. At the time, Raku was 16, while Yan was in his early 30s.
The Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday charged Yan with violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act.
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