{
  "id": 762618,
  "title": "Court of Appeal reserves judgment over TikToker’s appeal against 2025 rape conviction, sentence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/court-of-appeal-reserves-judgment-over-tiktokers-appeal-against-2025",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:41:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/court-of-appeal-reserves-judgement-over-tiktokers-appeal-against-2025-rape-conviction-sentence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former TikToker Lev Panfilov has appealed his 2025 rape conviction and sentence to Singapore's Court of Appeal. Panfilov, a former Wah!Banana scriptwriter-actor, was sentenced to 11½ years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane after being convicted of rape, sexual assault by penetration, and outrage of modesty. The incident occurred on January 12, 2021, at Panfilov's shared flat with flatmates after he invited the woman over to work on her script. Panfilov maintains the encounter was consensual, despite the woman testifying that he had forced himself on her. The Court of Appeal has reserved its judgment, noting discrepancies in the woman's testimony and the lack of physical evidence, such as visible injuries and disheveled hair.",
  "summary": "Lev Panfilov, a former Wah!Banana scriptwriter-actor, had been convicted of rape in May 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}