[Dispatch=Reporter Lee Myung-ju] Musical actor Nam Kyung-ju (63) has been sent to trial without detention.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse Investigation Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Park Ji-na), indicted Nam Kyung-ju without detention on the 24th. It has been over two months since the case was transferred.

Nam Kyung-ju has been charged with indecent assault by a person in supervisory position. This is a crime that is established when a person under one's supervision through work or employment is subjected to indecent assault through abuse of authority.

Nam Kyung-ju was a professor at Hongik University at the time and was instructing students. It is known that the charge was applied because the offense was committed against his student A.

Nam Kyung-ju is accused of sexually assaulting A in the Seocho-gu area of Seoul in December last year. He attempted to reach a settlement with the victim through criminal mediation, but it was not established.

Meanwhile, Nam Kyung-ju is counted as a first-generation figure in Korea's musical theater industry. He played leading roles in major productions including "Ladies and Gangsters," "Mamma Mia," and "Chicago."

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