The Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office today charged entertainer “Nono” with two counts of rape and forcible sexual assault against two separate women.
The women had appealed twice to the High Prosecutors’ Office before today’s charges.
Prosecutors ascertained that Nono, whose given name is Chen Hsuan-yu (陳宣裕), used his tall stature and large build at 181cm to overpower the two women into forced sexual contact.
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Nono was among a number of public figures accused of sexual assault during Taiwan’s #MeToo movement that began in 2023.
Prosecutors are recommending a heavy sentence, considering his lack of remorse and maintaining denial of any wrongdoing following a string of allegations.
From 2011 to 2013, Nono visited an upscale hotel in Taipei, where he asked the first woman to give him a massage, prosecutors said.
During the massage, he suddenly stood up and pushed the woman down on the massage chair before sexually assaulting her, they said.
In the other case, prosecutors found that he had liked a video posted to Facebook by one of the victims and messaged her to arrange to meet up in 2011.
In December of that year, he drove to pick up the woman on Yanji Street in Taipei’s Daan District (大安), they said.
The woman sat in the front seat and Nono proceeded to kiss her, touch her body and grope her chest, despite her rejecting his advances, they said.
In a separate case in May, Nono was found guilty of attempted forcible intercourse and sentenced to two years and six months in prison by the Shilin District Court.
Nono has so far been tried on a total of seven complaints of sexual assault and indecent behavior against a total of six women, although he was found not guilty on the remaining six charges due to insufficient evidence.
The cases brought today were initially investigated by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, which decided not to prosecute.
The two women appealed to the High Prosecutors’ Office for review.
The case was then transferred to the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office, which decided once again not to indict Nono.
The victims then launched a second appeal to the High Prosecutors’ Office, which returned the case to Shilin prosecutors to continue investigating.
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