Groomsman found guilty of molesting, sexually assaulting bride in hotel suite on wedding night
SINGAPORE — A 42-year-old man was found guilty on Monday (May 30) of
molesting and sexually assaulting the wife of his newlywed friend on the couple’s wedding night in a hotel room suite.
The Singaporean, who was a groomsman during the wedding, claimed during the trial that he thought the victim was his own wife and that he was sleeping next to her at home.
Following several days of a trial that began in March 2020, he was convicted of one charge each of molestation and sexual assault.
None of the parties involved can be named due to a court order to protect the identity of the victim, who is now 39 years old. The media is not allowed to state the hotel’s name or the exact date the couple got married in 2016.
The couple, who dated for 11 years, got a divorce after the incident.