Taipei prosecutors yesterday indicted a member of a popular YouTube comedy group for raping a minor and committing sexual offenses against multiple other women.
Thirty-two-year-old Sun I-sheng (孫羿泩), known as Sun Sheng (孫生) from the comedy skit group Wackyboys (反骨男孩), committed the crimes between 2022 and last year, the indictment said.
On Oct. 13, 2023, Sun invited a girl under the age of 16 to his home to watch him practice dancing, and then raped her while she was listening to music, the indictment said.
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In October 2022 and March 2023, Sun sexually assaulted two other women in their homes, in one case after getting a haircut and in the other after filming, prosecutors said.
Last year, Sun illegally shared with friends videos he had made of himself and a woman having sex in July of that year, the indictment said.
Sun repeatedly violated his victims' trust and personal autonomy by assaulting them, and then sought to evade responsibility by offering them money or emotionally blackmailing them, prosecutors said.
Even after an investigation was launched, Sun did not engage in any introspection regarding his actions, but pressured his victims to refuse to be questioned or to lie about what had occurred, the indictment said.
Prosecutors charged Sun with crimes including having sexual intercourse with a minor, forced indecent assault, disseminating sexual images against the will of a victim and contraventions of the Personal Data Protection Act (個人資料保護法).
Prosecutors urged the court to impose a heavy sentence, citing Sun's lack of remorse and negative attitude throughout the investigation.
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