Prosecutors today said they decided not to press charges against entertainer Mickey Huang (黃子佼) for sexual offenses due to insufficient evidence.
This year, a woman known as “Miss K” accused Huang of sexual assault occurring in 2006 when she was just 17 years old.
The plaintiff wrote in a Facebook post in April that after attending an acting workshop involving Huang, the two kept in contact until he invited her to his place of residence to model for a photoshoot.
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The Facebook post alleged that during the photoshoot, Huang asked Miss K to change into swimwear and pose seductively before touching her inappropriately multiple times.
Huang requested that Miss K remove her clothing under the pretense of “artistic integrity,” the post said.
After the alleged sexual abuse, Huang urged her to put her clothes back on and return home, it said.
After the inquiry, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office found that the statements provided by the witnesses and the plaintiff were not concurrent, and the plaintiff’s case could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Due to insufficient evidence, the court said it would not charge Huang with crimes of sexual abuse and the case has been dismissed without judicial punishment.
Television presenter Huang has been embroiled in Taiwan’s #MeToo movement since last summer.
The office in a separate case indicted Huang earlier this year after a hard drive was discovered at his residence containing indecent images of multiple women allegedly taken without consent, seven of whom were underage.
Huang’s subsequent sentence of two years of deferred prosecution, a NT$1.2 million (US$36,970) fine to be paid to the public treasury and an apology letter sparked public outcry and calls for reform to Taiwan’s sexual offense legislature after being deemed “too lenient.”
No indecent images were found of Miss K on the USB in question, the office said, a key factor in today’s decision.
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