'Tzuyang Racketeering'Foot-and-Foot Disease Denies All Charges in First Trial'Application for Public Participation Trial'

Sep 06, 2024

'Tzuyang Racketeering'Foot-and-Foot Disease Denies All Charges in First Trial'Application for Public Participation Trial'



YouTuber foot-and-mouth disease (Lee Joon-hee, 31), who was arrested and charged with extorting money by threatening YouTuber Tzuyang (Park Jung-won, 27), denied all charges in the first trial and applied for a public participation trial.

On the 6th, the Suwon District Court's Criminal Chamber 14 (Judge Park Rang) held the first trial date for four YouTubers and Choi's lawyer, including YouTuber foot-and-mouth disease and main inspection agency (National Team) and Caracula (Lee Se-wook), who were accused of intimidation and blackmail.

On this day, foot-and-mouth disease, main inspector, and Caracula, who are in custody, stood in court wearing veterinary clothing, and lawyer Choi wore a suit instead of veterinary clothing.



An attorney for foot-and-mouth disease expressed his desire for a public participation trial, saying, `We deny all charges.' He asked the court to permit the case separately if other defendants did not want it.

The lawyer told reporters after the trial that the case is controversial as it was reported as if the criminal charges were admitted in the media, even though the accused's innocence has not been revealed. "All the prosecution facts in the indictment are lies", he said. "I will actively fight."."



Caracula and Crocodile also denied allegations of racketeering assistance against Tzuyang at the hearing. The main investigation agency did not disclose its position on the indictment, saying it had not been able to read the evidence records. Lawyer Choi decided to state his opinion on the prosecution on the next day because his lawyer was not present.

Meanwhile, the foot-and-mouth disease and the main inspector were informed of allegations related to tax evasion and privacy by Tzuyang in February last year. If you give me money, I won't make it publicHe is accused of extorting 55 million won by threatening to the effect of ". Caracula and Crocodile are accused of encouraging foot-and-mouth disease to racketeer to the effect that `it is profitable to rake money directly out rather than post a video of the exposure to Tzuyang.' Lawyer Choi is accused of threatening A and Tzuyang after first learning about a civil lawsuit filed against a restaurant by Tzuyang's ex-boyfriend and former agency representative A in October 2021.





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