Fallen South Korean K-Pop star Park Yoo-chun is ordered by a court in Seoul to compensate a woman who claimed the former boy band member sexually assaulted her.
Park, popularly known as Micky has to pay 100 million won (SGD115,000) to the victim by the Mediation Centre of Seoul court.
She is among one of four women who reported Park for alleged sexual assault in 2016.
The order, which was first delivered after a mandatory mediation last month, came into effect after a two-week grace period and carries the same weight as a court ruling.
This is not the first in Park’s legal troubles.
Through a separate investigation in connection with South Korea’s explosive Burning Sun sex scandal Park and his former fiancée Namyang Dairy Products heiress Hwang Ha-na, were arrested for illegal drug use after testing positive for methamphetamine.
The scandal involves big names in K-pop including Big Bang singer-songwriter Seungri, former CEO of YG Entertainment Yang Hyun-suk, singers Jung Joon-young, Roy Kim, Choi Jong-hoon and several others.
In July, Park was sentenced to two years’ probation for drug use, and fined 1.4 million won (SGD1,600).
Park Yoo-chun formerly-known as Micky Yoochun is better known by the nickname Yoochun is a former South Korean singer-songwriter and actor as a member of the South Korean boy bands JYJ and TVXQ.
He has starred in dramas Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010), Miss Ripley (2011), Rooftop Prince (2012), Missing You (2012), Three Days (2014) and The Girl Who Sees Smells (2015).
On April 23, 2019, Park’s agency announced his retirement from the entertainment industry after he tested positive for drugs.
Yoochun was born to a wealthy family and his family moved to the United States in the late 90s.
He was schooled in American education from middle school up to high school.
In 2001, he won an award at the American Music Festival and then returned to Korea to prepare for his debut.
After a relatively short training period of one year and five months, he made his debut as a member of the five-member male group TVXQ through SBS BoA & Britney Spears Special Stage on December 26, 2003.
