Prosecutor's office to seek arrest without bail for former director of "Molodyy Teatr" Bilous
Kyiv • UNN
The prosecutor's office will insist on pre-trial detention without the possibility of bail for Andriy Bilous, the former director of the "Molodyy Teatr" (Young Theater). He is suspected of sexual assault against female students.
The prosecutor's office will insist on applying a pre-trial detention measure to the former director of the "Molodyy Teatr" Andriy Bilous in the form of detention without the possibility of bail. Marianna Haiovska-Kovbasiuk, head of the Information Policy and Communications Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, told UNN journalist about this.
Details
Haiovska-Kovbasiuk said that the prosecutor's office will petition for the application of a pre-trial detention measure in the form of arrest without the possibility of bail to the former head of the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Teatr, who is suspected of sexual violence against female students.
Context
Today, October 21, law enforcement officers conducted searches at the former artistic director of the Kyiv Academic Molodyy Teatr and lecturer at KNUTKiT named after Karpenko-Karyi, Andriy Bilous.
Later, Bilous was notified of suspicion of sexual violence against female students.
What Bilous is accused of
The first to publicly report harassment was the director's former student, Sofia Sapozhnik. The girl claims that the man asked her to send intimate photos and insisted on discussing sexual fantasies. According to her, the former head sent intimate photos of other girls to students. After that, a number of similar accusations against Bilous appeared.
In January 2025, Karpenko-Karyi University appealed to the police with a request to check the disseminated information and give it a legal assessment. In the same month, Bilous was suspended from work at the university.
In February, investigators of the Shevchenkivskyi police department opened criminal proceedings under Article 153 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - sexual violence.
On the same day, the Kyiv City State Administration announced its intention to suspend him from his official duties at the Molodyy Teatr.
At the same time, a protest took place near the Molodyy Teatr against the decision of the Kyiv City State Administration to keep Bilous as director. Participants expressed support for 46 theater employees who demanded his removal.
Bilous himself denies all accusations.