RECAP
AUGUST 2014:
Miss A/Choi accused Kim Hyun Joong of abusing her on 30th of May 2014. She claimed to have suffered injuries on her face, shoulders, legs, rear end etc. which cost her 2 weeks of treatment. She sent the media photographs of the bruises on her arm, hand, legs and collarbone. She also accused him of beating her again on July 27th 2014 which caused her to fracture a rib. She was under treatment for 6 weeks. She sent the media her medical reports of these both injuries. Along with the reports, she sent text messages to show the exchange between KHJ and her, pictures of them together on dates to prove that she dated him for two years. She charged him with habitual domestic violence on four accounts.[1]
Kim Hyun Joong strongly denied all her claims except one where he said that their arguments got heated up and there was a slight physical altercation between both of them, which involved pushing from both parties. He said that they knew each other for two years but only dated in 2014 for a few months.
Media twisted his words and accused him of assault. [2] (Which btw, is against the law and media could get sued –Allkpop along with others article said he hit Choi even though Hyun Joong specifically stated a slight altercation– because every citizen has the right to be presumed innocent until found guilty in the court. He admitted to an altercation and not assault. There is a huge difference between both the terms.) English and Korean websites had not truthfully reported this, an attempt to sensationalise matters for click bait.
Choi then released a statement saying that if he didn’t apologise, admit and reflect on what he did, she’d charge him with arbitration.[3] Hyun Joong apologised on his official website (no link as the apology has been taken off) by simply saying that as a man, he could have handled the situation better and he was ashamed as to how things turned out to be.
Media once again, twisted his words as, “I am ashamed to have done something a man should not do.” Again, a reminder, media can be sued for this because this is defamation.
Choi said she didn’t find his apology sincere and that she is in the process of assessing it. However, the very next day she dropped the charges and said that she did it as “a token of her last love for him and never intended to penalize him.” She even said that there was no monetary exchange involved. [4]
The court however had to finish it off in the records as she had charged him. So according to his admission to that one incident, he was fined for 5 million won. The prosecutors asked the court for the apology letter to be considered in their decision. [5]
February/post February 2015:
She then came out again on February 2015 saying that she and HJ had got back together and she is now carrying his child. Hyun Joong said that she hasn’t submitted him any medical proof like pregnancy tests. However, if she is indeed pregnant, and the baby after a DNA test is found out to be his, he would take responsibility for it. Choi said that she has plenty of evidences to prove her claims like text messages, medical reports, ultrasounds.[6][7]
She also sues 100 netizens for slander and defamation against her [8], sues Hyun Joong again for 1.6 billion won for psychological trauma caused to her during her current pregnancy [9]
She then suddenly said that she was pregnant in 2014 and the supposed assault caused her to miscarry, too. [10]
And then Kim Hyun Joong decided to countersue her instead. [11]
There are a few things we need to keep in mind here. In 2014, as revealed by Mr. Lee, KHJ had no proper legal representative or a lawyer provided by his agency. He was all alone in that battle. It was only in April 2015 that he decided to hire a personal lawyer to fight back. His agency has not given him support throughout this whole scandal, including now. Lawyer Lee Jae Man is appointed by Hyun Joong with his own personal money.
Kim Hyun Joong has countersued Choi’s civil suit. He has also slapped charges against her with a criminal suit and the investigation is on going.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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