To be honest, even if the charges were dropped, the taint of sexual violence will still follow him, and I just can't get over that. A lot of people take the purported victim backing down as a sign of her guilt and a sign of his innocence, but the laws in Korea concerning sexual violence are disturbingly light. For example, victims are often pressured by lawyers, police officers, and judges to accept money from their attacker to make up for "damages" because she doesn't want to ruin his life over this, now, does she? And if charges are filed and it's taken to court, the penalties are laughable: for a first time offense, the sentence is on average 2-3 years. Compare that to my home country the US where average sentencing for a rape case is 16 years. I remember reading about one case in Korea where the sentencing was 4 years because the victim was especially traumatized by her attack. Basically, sexual violence is not prioritized in South Korea, and if an incident occurs, the court system and media is focused on protecting the attacker, not on justice for the victim. We have no idea why the victim decided to drop the charges against PSH. However, given the climate surrounding sexual violence in this country, I'm not ready to assume that it was because PSH was entirely innocent in all of this. Remember: the victim was a trainee in his company, and she was willing to jeopardize that in bringing forward her accusation. That makes me believe that something fishy did happen between them. Basically, PSH is welcomed to return to dramas and movies---I'm not sure I'll be watching any of them though.
