Actor Cho Jin-woong faces allegations of violent juvenile crimes

Actor Cho Jin-woong, whose legal name is Cho Won-jun, is facing allegations that he committed serious crimes as a teenager. On Friday, entertainment outlet Dispatch reported that Cho received juvenile protection measures and was sent to a juvenile detention center while in high school. The report said Cho faced a criminal trial in 1994, when he was a second-year student, on charges of robbery and rape under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes. Citing an informant, Dispatch said Cho and a group of delinquent youths stole a car that had been left on the roadside with the engine running, then drove it without a license while committing multiple offenses. The informant alleged that “Cho Jin-woong’s group attempted sexual assault inside the stolen vehicle, and he was sent to a juvenile facility because of the incident, spending half of his third year of high school in correctional custody.” The report also raised allegations that Cho continued to have run-ins with police even after starting his acting career as an adult. According to the informant, Cho was fined inWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times