- Kevin Yungman, 31, was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Monday.
- Irish authorities have requested his arrest for two alleged rapes in 2018
An actor living in South Florida is facing extradition to Ireland for raping a 19-year-old au pair at a Dublin Airbnb.
Kevin Yungman, 31, was arrested by US marshals on Monday after Irish authorities sought his arrest for the alleged rape in 2018. Local 10 reports.
Irish prosecutors say he met a Brazilian au pair during a trip to Paris in April 2018, and the two stayed in touch, eventually planning a trip to visit her in Ireland, where she was working.
Yungman then allegedly raped the 19-year-old twice at an Airbnb in Dublin on June 4, 2018.
The victim reported the alleged rape to Irish authorities, who say she showed them a WhatsApp message from Yungman saying “nothing like this will ever happen again,” according to Local 10.
Kevin Yungman, 31, was arrested by US marshals on Monday after Irish authorities sought his arrest for an alleged rape in 2018.
Authorities arrested Yungman two days later as he attempted to board a flight.
He claimed in two separate police interviews that the sex was consensual and was later released.
But in February 2020, Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecutions ordered Yungman to be charged with rape.
It is unclear why the director made the decision two years later.
If Yungman is now convicted of rape under Irish law, he could spend the rest of his life in prison, according to Local 10.
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Yungman was born in Buenos Aires, but moved to the United States as a child and pursued a career in entertainment.
Yungman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but moved to the United States as a child and pursued a career in entertainment. according to his IMDB page.
‘In the following years, Yungman was honored to receive first-place trophies in multiple national singing competitions and was blessed to experience his first “mini-tour” with a Broadway group,’ he says.
‘At 16, he got the shock of his life when that “mini-tour” turned into a guest spot on a Broadway show and then leading a Broadway company’s national tour the following year.’
Yungman also appeared in the 2012 film Step Up Revolution and the television series Killer Kids in 2014.
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Yungman is also listed as a motivational speaker and vocal coach.
He is also a motivational speaker and runs a small YouTube channel where he has posted sporadically since 2010, according to Local 10.
Yungman’s last post was in June 2023 with a song for Father’s Day. The caption indicated that he offered singing lessons both in person and online.
The YouTube page also Links to a LinkedIn profilein which he appears as a self-employed worker in the real estate sector, as a paramedic and as an investor.
He says he is a “firm believer in ‘working smart’ while maintaining the highest level of honesty and integrity.”
As of Thursday night, Yungman was still being held in the Broward County Jail in Florida and had not yet been extradited.