A trainee surgeon was released on bail Friday after being charged with secretly recording hundreds of colleagues in hospital restrooms across Australia.
Ryan Cho, 28, faces nearly 500 charges linked to some 4,500 intimate videos allegedly captured on phones in staff restrooms at three Melbourne hospitals since 2021, according to documents cited in Victoria’s Supreme Court.
Justice James Elliott ordered Cho’s release on the condition that he live with his parents, who moved from Singapore to Melbourne in anticipation of his release. His parents were also required to post a AU$50,000 ($32,000) surety.
The prosecutor argued that the charges gave Cho an incentive to flee and that he had no meaningful ties to Australia after being suspended from his job. While Cho became an Australian permanent resident in April, he would face deportation if convicted and sentenced to 12 months or more in prison, prosecutor Hammill said.
Trainee surgeon, Ryan Cho is escorted into the Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)
