Prominent Taiwanese director Doze Niu was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a female crew member working on a film he was making.

Niu, 53, was convicted of assaulting the woman in November 2018 after guests left a gathering at his home, Taipei’s district court said in a statement.

A friend accompanied the woman to hospital after the attack and also to file a police report.

The court said the woman — identified only as “A” — had clearly declined Niu’s advances.

Niu also “took advantage of his position as a director to speak to the media, to make it look like he and A had feelings for each other”, the court found, adding that the defendant had also shown a “lack of remorse”.