Park Si-hoo appears for questioning at the Seoul Seobu Police Station on Friday. Yonhap News
Actor Park Si-hoo returned home after nearly 10 hours of questioning by police on Friday over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 24-year old aspiring actress last month.
“Although there is much that I would like the say, I have clarified (my position) enough with the police,” Park told reporters, saying the truth will come out.
Park’s friend identified as his surname Kim, who is accused of sexually harassing the woman, also returned home after receiving investigation with Park.
The well-known hallyu star is accused of raping the woman, whose identify is withheld, on Feb. 15. The alleged victim said the 35-year-old actor raped her while she was passed out.
Both Park and Kim deny all allegations.
Police said there was no immediate plan for to summon them again, and that they were looking into the log of text messages exchanged between the alleged victim and her friend.
From news reports
연예인 지망생을 성폭행한 혐의로 피소된 탤런트 박시후(35)씨가 1일 경찰에 출석해 10시간 가량 조사를 받았다.
박씨는 경찰서를 나서며 "드릴 말씀은 많지만 경찰 조사를 통해 충분히 소명했다. 진실을 꼭 밝히겠다"라고 말했다.
강제추행 혐의로 피소된 동료 김모(24)씨도 조사를 마치고 박씨와 함께 귀가했다.
박씨와 김씨는 이날 조사에서 관련 혐의를 모두 부인한 것으로 알려졌다.
경찰 관계자는 "재소환 여부는 아직 결정된 바 없다"라고 말하며 현재 고소인 A씨의 휴대전화 메신저 대화록을 분석하고 있다고 밝혔다.
박씨는 지난달 15일 오전 2시께 김씨의 소개로 만난 연예인 지망 여성 A씨를 성폭행한 혐의(강간)를, 당시 동석한 김씨는 A씨를 강제추행한 혐의를 각각 받고 있다.