Jeon Cheong-jo, 'engaged to Nam Hyun-hee', was a woman, not a man... Interview revealed when she was a high school girl

A video that appears to be of Jeon Cheong-jo (27), known as the married partner of Olympic medalist and former national fencing team member Nam Hyun-hee (42), was released when she was a high school girl.

According to a video on the Korea Job Broadcasting Channel, Jeon Cheong-jo is a high school girl with long straight hair who is interviewing for a job related to Korea Horse Racing and Livestock High School. Korea Horse Racing and Livestock High School was located in Unbong-eup, Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do, and Jeon Cheong-jo is said to have graduated from the school.

The reason why the video shocked the public was because Jeon Cheong-jo was known to be a man who recently became engaged to Nam Hyun-hee. In an interview with Women's Chosun, Jeon Cheong-jo introduced herself as a third-generation chaebol who lived in the United States and revealed that she majored in horseback riding in New York, USA.

However, claims that the history is false and that Jeon Cheong-jo's gender is female, not male, continue to persist. Starting with the Women's Chosun report, people who claimed to have known Jeon Cheong-jo in the past appeared, raising suspicions that his history was false.

Jeon Cheong-jo also seemed to be aware of this fact, saying on his SNS on the 24th, "I am the person who was reported along with director Nam Hyun-hee," and "If false facts are spread due to stories about that person or posts containing malicious or false information, etc. “We plan to respond strongly,” he wrote.

Prior to this, on the same day, Nam Hyun-hee also posted the same message on her SNS, saying, "I plan to take strong action if false facts are spread due to false, malicious, or false posts through recently reported articles." did.

In relation to this, on the 25th, a media outlet reported that Jeon Cheong-jo not only impersonated himself as a hidden extramarital child of the famous chain P Hotel, but was also a criminal with a criminal record for fraud who was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison for extorting a large sum of about 300 million won from 7 victims. .

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr