Goo Hara’s ex-boyfriend officially denies the allegations of threatening the singer with a sex tape.
On October 8, Choi Jong-Beom, who is better known as the ex-boyfriend of singer Goo Hara, revealed his identity and denied the allegations of threatening the singer with a pre-existing sex tape in an official statement.
Kwak Jun-Ho, a lawyer who represents Choi Jong-Beom, argued that “the argument of Goo Hara, which states that [his client] has threatened the singer with a sex tape, blurs the most essential problem of this case.”
He further explained that the alleged sex tape threat blurs the essence of the case because they are still in the beginning of the investigation, where no detail has been confirmed by the public authority figures. According to Choi, the revelation of the sex tape, which Goo Hara voluntarily revealed so, could possibly cause a disruption in seeing the truth.
The following is the rest of the official statement from Choi and Kwak:
Regarding Goo Hara attending the gynecologist
Goo Hara argues that the abuse from Choi Jong-Beom on the night of their physical encounter resulted in the singer’s need to attend the gynecologist. However, the singer had been visiting the gynecologist starting from August 23 to September 1. Regarding this, Goo Hara has expressed that she has no intention of apologizing for misinforming the public.
Conversation exchanged between Goo Hara and Choi Jong-Beom regarding the singer’s visit to the gynecologist prior to their fight on September 13
Regarding the alleged sex tape threats
- All Choi Jong-Beom did was to simply “send” the video to Goo Hara on the night of the physical encounter. He has done nothing else regarding the tape.
- The media outlets stated the sex tape was “previously recorded by Choi,” but it was actually Goo Hara herself who requested to record the act.
- The fact that Choi Jong-Beom had no intention of blackmailing the singer with the tape will be proven after the investigation by the police is completed.
- The “tip” that Choi had intended to send to Dispatch was not regarding the sex tape, but about the scars Goo Hara had caused on his face.
- It is true that Choi requested that Goo Hara brings in the representative of her former agency (whom Goo had lied about to Choi and caused the whole incident) to kneel before him. However, he never asked the singer to do so.
- After the night of the incident, Choi had no contact with Goo Hara, thus there was no “threat” or “coercion” regarding how she could react to the situation.
At last, they asked that the media refrain from releasing the aggressive and exaggerated information.
They concluded, “‘revenge porn’ only regards to the videos that have been filmed without a consent from the other party. However, the film that Goo Hara and Choi Jong-Beom had filmed was agreed upon both parties. In addition, we strongly emphasize that Choi had never intended to blackmail the singer with it. When he had sent it to the singer, he was extremely upset by the previous encounter that left severe scars on his face.
The fact that the media is reporting only one side’s story is unfair and has the potential of disrupting the public from seeing the truth. At this time, we sincerely ask that all media refrain from releasing misinformed and exaggerated report to protect the privacy of all parties involved.
Original Article
Translated by Dasol Kim
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