Choi Min-hwan Investigated for Alleged Prostitution and Harassment

Oct 31, 2024

Choi Min-hwan Investigated for Alleged Prostitution and Harassment



Choi Min-hwan of FT Island, who built up the image of a "solid single daddy", is on the verge of being investigated by police on charges of prostitution and forced harassment.

On the 31st, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul allocated cases related to Choi Min-hwan's alleged violation of the Sex Trafficking and Sexual Violence Punishment Act (forced harassment by relatives) to three investigation teams and began an investigation. In addition, the additional charges of violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act (forced harassment by relatives) have been assigned to the same team and are investigating.No date has yet been set on whether or not to be summoned.

Choi Min-hwan's ex-wife Yul-hee claimed on the 24th that she was sexually harassed by Choi Min-hwan in front of her parents-in-law during her marriage and Choi Min-hwan went in and out of entertainment establishments. Yul-hee said, "I found out that Choi Min-hwan worked at a business a year before the divorce," stressing that this was the decisive reason for the divorce.



Choi Min-hwan Investigated for Alleged Prostitution and Harassment
Yulhee said "Since then, the marriage has changed 180 degrees. It was okay to have a hard time raising children or arguing. I could bear it. I also enjoyed living in a large family, but I didn't want to be in the house after the incident and I was distressed. It was hard to face my family, too. (Choi Min-hwan) put money here (chest) like touching my body in front of my family. I wouldn't have gone to the establishment. What do you know. It turned out that it was a habit" he revealed. Yul-hee even released a transcript of Choi Min-hwan, who suspected prostitution, and later received a complaint asking to investigate Choi Min-hwan's alleged forced harassment and prostitution, and the case grew.

In the aftermath of the privacy controversy, Choi Min-hwan dropped out of KBS2 'Superman is Back' and suspended his group activities. Entertainment shows starring Choi Min-hwan have also suspended replay services to protect their children. In fact, amid a series of industry losses, agency FNC Entertainment has decided to continue its activities on a two-person basis temporarily after in-depth discussions on FT Island's future activities" he said.



Meanwhile, Choi Min-hwan and Yul-hee married in 2018 and had a son and twin daughters, but divorced in December last year.





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