Actor Choi Jeong-won, from the group UN, takes a strong stance against rumors of an affair.
On the 6th, Choi Jeong-won's legal representative, lawyer Yoon Yong-seok of Hyeongeui Law Office, said, "Mr. Choi Jeong-won has been going through a very painful time mentally since Mr. A appeared on several YouTube broadcasts in early January and raised suspicions about his affair." revealed.
He continued, "To start with the conclusion, Mr. Choi Jeong-won is only a close friend of Mr. B, the spouse of Mr. A, since his early 20s, and they have never met each other romantically or with similar feelings in the past. In addition, the two have not been in contact recently for a long time. “It is true that they touched and had a meal together, but there is also no fact that they committed the so-called ‘emotional affair’ that Mr. A claims,” he added.
Attorney Yoon Yong-seok said, "In the broadcast, imaginary speculations such as '(Choi Jeong-won did not just bring his wife home)' and '(the two people) rode a kickboard together in a close position from behind' were as if they had been witnessed in person. In relation to Choi Jeong-won, extremely insulting expressions such as 'a beggar', 'X who meets a married woman is better off going to a bar', 'homewrecker Choi Jeong-won', and 'a very bad and vicious bastard' were used. “It was used a lot,” he explained.
In addition, "Initially, Mr. Choi Jeong-won only told close acquaintances that the above information was not true because he was afraid that if the dispute over this issue continued, the party who could suffer significant damage just from one side's unconfirmed claims would be the person who is relatively well known to the public. “We only informed them, but no legal action was taken,” he emphasized.
Attorney Yoon Yong-seok said, "However, after Mr. Choi Jeong-won came across a news article containing an interview with Mr. B, the spouse of Mr. A, around the 1st, the reason why Mr. B had no choice but to write a memorandum with false content (to the effect of acknowledging his relationship with Choi Jeong-won) "I learned about this in detail," he said. "In the article above, it seems like Mr. A had his spouse send a message containing false information about Choi Jeong-won to his acquaintances (content such as that Choi Jeong-won asked several people to lend money, etc.). “Now that the contents have been confirmed, Choi Jeong-won has come to the conclusion that he can no longer ignore these actions.”
In addition, lawyer Yoon Yong-seok said, "Mr. Choi Jeong-won organized these series of actions and filed a complaint against Mr. A at the Songpa Police Station today (6th) (threats, violations of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., insults, defamation, etc.) ), and if problematic behavior continues in the future, we plan to take active legal action against it.”
Lastly, a few days ago, Mr. B, the spouse of Mr. A, said, 'Due to my husband's coercive attitude, I had no choice but to write a false memorandum acknowledging my relationship with Choi Jeong-won, but I now regret it very much.' We sent a handwritten statement and a KakaoTalk screenshot (contents that allow us to understand Mr. A's coercive attitude and the background of Mr. B's writing of the false memorandum) with the intention of 'wanting to correct the relationship'. In accordance with Mr. B's wishes, a copy of the above statement has been included at the end of the statement.
In addition, Mr. Choi Jeong-won is already in the process of filing a complaint against various attempts to disparage Choi Jeong-won's reputation, as has already been reported in numerous media outlets. However, while reviewing the received materials, the following additional content that could be legally problematic was discovered. Therefore, we are considering legal action against this. It would be desirable for Mr. A to admit his mistake even now, but in response to this, Mr. A posted on his SNS account as follows, "I am not contacting you because Choi Jeong-won is a strange child to upload an image of my son's wife. I am a wonderful housewife and I did this for you, but I ordered it." He is making an absurd claim that his actions were for the sake of Mr. B's image, such as by posting a message saying, "I did it ㅡㅡ", and it is judged that a strong response to this is inevitable.
If the above behavior is repeated in the future, Mr. Choi Jeong-won will take a hard-line response without leniency.
In any case, we respectfully and earnestly request reporters to refrain from reporting unilateral false information until the legal proceedings between Choi Jeong-won and Mr. A are completed.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr