Television presenter Mickey Huang (黃子佼) has been accused of rape days after prosecutors declined to indict him on separate sexual misconduct charges because of a lack of evidence.
The latest allegation, made on Sunday by an accuser identified only as “Miss K,” follows Huang’s acceptance on Wednesday last week of a two-year deferred prosecution arrangement for possession of child sexual abuse images.
Online personality Zofia, one of Huang’s previous accusers, posted Miss K’s accusations on Facebook.
Photo: Taipei Times
Miss K wrote that Huang raped her when she was 17 at his residence in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖) in 2006 after inviting her there on the pretense of a photo shoot.
Miss K did not say whether she would file a criminal complaint against Huang, saying only that “a sincere apology” would be “the most effective remedy.”
Neither Huang nor prosecutors had commented publicly on Miss K’s accusations as of press time last night.
A criminal investigation into Huang was first opened last year, after Zofia accused the entertainer of forcibly kissing her and taking nude photos of her without her consent when she was 17 a decade earlier.
In August last year, Huang was arrested, released on bail of NT$350,000 (US$10,904) and barred from leaving Taiwan.
In raids on Huang’s residence and studio, police seized seven sexually explicit videos involving minors, which the presenter had purchased online between Aug. 8, 2017, and July 8 last year.
After being offered a deferred prosecution agreement, Huang admitted to violating the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例) and agreed to pay a NT$1.2 million fine and write an apology within six months.
Prosecutors declined to indict Huang for molestation and other charges, citing insufficient evidence and that he had reached settlements with his accusers.
In a Facebook post following his conviction for possession of child sexual abuse images on Thursday last week, Huang wrote that he had admitted and reflected on his mistakes and “promised prosecutors not to do it again.”
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