Doctor Fined for Prescribing Propofol to Yoo Ah-in Without Medical Records
On July 8, 2025, the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 9-2, presided over by Judge Ryu Chang-seong, upheld a fine of 40 million won for a doctor, referred to as A, who was found guilty of violating drug management laws by prescribing medical propofol to actor Yoo Ah-in (39, real name Eom Hong-sik) without maintaining proper medical records. The court dismissed appeals from both the prosecution and the defendant, stating that the first trial had already considered various circumstances in determining the sentence.
The doctor was charged for administering high doses of medical propofol to Yoo Ah-in without any documented medical examination. In January of the previous year, the prosecution indicted A along with five other doctors for excessively prescribing sleeping pills and propofol to Yoo Ah-in.
In the first trial, held in August of last year, the court noted that A had issued false prescriptions on six occasions without conducting any examinations, indicating a serious misuse of propofol for profit, and consequently imposed a fine of 40 million won.
Meanwhile, Yoo Ah-in was sentenced to one year in prison, with a two-year suspended sentence, by the Supreme Court on July 3 for habitual use of propofol, having reportedly received the drug 181 times at various hospitals in Seoul between September 2020 and March 2022.
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