Kim Gun-mo's sexual assault scandal buried his colleagues in the entertainment industry and cleared them of charges (SC Issue)
Feb 26, 2025
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On the 24th, a video titled 「Endless gossip and scandal」 was released on the YouTube channel"Fixed the channel"." Shin Jung-hwan, Kang Byeong-gyu, Lim Deok-young, and Jang Hye-ri appeared in the released video.
They cited Kim Gun-mo's sexual assault and innocence as the worst scandal in the entertainment industry. Kang Byeong-gyu said "It was really shocking. This is a never-before-seen event. A woman named the victim asked her to apologize, and lawyer Kang Yong-seok and reporter Kim Yong-ho asked for money," he said.
Then I did forensics to see if my younger brother had any messages he exchanged with the woman, but there was nothing. The woman claimed to have been overpowered even though she was stubbornly rejected when she was alone with Kim Gun-mo, but she did not remember someone named Kim Gun-mo. But the conclusion is innocent. I killed people, blew up homes, buried a national singer, and I'm not guilty."
Shin Jung-hwan said, `The house of Geon-mo's brother was turned into a stormy mountain and devastated. But even now, people still don't know if Gunmo is innocent. I'm not even curious."
The YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as Se-yeon) claimed in December 2019 that Kim Gun-mo sexually assaulted a waitress A at an entertainment bar in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul in 2016. A sued Kim Gun-mo, but Kim Gun-mo countered by saying "It's not true". In response, Gase-yeon claimed that Kim Gun-mo assaulted B, a female manager of an entertainment bar, in January 2007.
Kim Gun-mo filed a complaint against A, and evidence that could suspect A, B, and Se-yeon appeared one by one. The police sent Kim Gun-mo to the prosecution on charges of sexual assault and A on charges of innocence, respectively. However, the prosecution issued a 'no charge' in 2021, saying that A's statements about specific actions were contradictory and slightly changed in connection with Kim Gun-mo's alleged sexual assault. A appealed immediately, but was rejected, and as the ruling application was also rejected, Kim Gun-mo was completely cleared of sexual assault.
However, in the aftermath of the incident, Kim Gun-mo was suspended from SBS 'My Ugly Baby' and canceled the 25th anniversary concert altogether. Family life is also broken. His mother's health deteriorated, and Jang Ji-yeon, a pianist 13 years younger, was also divorced after two years and eight months. Since then, Kim Gun-mo has been in hiding. According to his aides, he was deeply disillusioned with the entertainment industry and the world over the incident.
Reporter Baek Ji-eun silk781220@sportschosun.com
silk781220@sportschosun.com
