“Affair rumors just 5 days after wedding”: Yang Hong-won’s side says “Whistleblower lured [him] to a motel… No intimate acts whatsoever in the room” [Full statement]

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The camp of rapper Yang Hong-won strongly denied allegations of an extramarital affair.

On the 23rd, Yang Hong-won’s agency, AP Alchemy, posted a notice stating, “Regarding the controversy surrounding our artist, we will issue a statement after consulting with the artist and the affected woman.”

The agency added, “The whistleblower’s claims are contrary to the facts, and the materials presented by the whistleblower are the result of malicious editing. The whistleblower threatened our artist and the affected woman in an attempt to extort money, but when things did not go as planned, they made disclosures based on false information. Accordingly, our artist and the affected woman have each filed complaints against the whistleblower for extortion, violation of the Anti-Stalking Act, and defamation through the dissemination of false facts.”

The agency explained, “During the performance on the day in question, our artist was interacting with a whistleblower they had coincidentally met. After the performance ended, they went to drink at the whistleblower’s home.” It continued, “While drinking, the whistleblower demanded that our artist and the affected woman go to a motel of their choosing and asked them to leave. Our artist and the affected woman had no choice but to depart from that location.”

The agency stated, “Our artist went to a motel in a state of heavy intoxication to find a place to sleep, and the affected woman, who had nowhere else to go, was forced to accompany them.” It added, “Our artist fell asleep as soon as they entered the room. Some time later, the affected woman tried to wake our artist, but feeling uncomfortable about potential physical contact that could occur in the process, she asked the whistleblower for help and subsequently returned home with the whistleblower.”

The agency also noted, “After these events, some time passed, and the financially struggling whistleblower used the fact that our artist and the affected woman had been together as a pretext to edit previous conversations and demand money based on false information. However, when the artist and the affected woman reported the matter to the police, the whistleblower once again spliced together conversation and call records to proceed with disclosures based on them.”

The agency emphasized, “As shown by the evidence presented, our artist and the affected woman acknowledge that they were forced to accompany each other to a motel. However, they did not have much conversation during the drinking session, and there were no intimate acts whatsoever in the room. Additionally, they did not pay any money in response to the whistleblower’s demands.”

On this day, whistleblower A raised suspicions of an affair involving Yang Hong-won through social media. A posted, “A newlywed groom just went to a motel with a woman. Isn’t that wrong?” and revealed the face and account of a woman presumed to have accompanied Yang Hong-won to the motel.

A also uploaded a screenshot of a screen showing they had sent a direct message to Yang Hong-won’s wife, Won Hyeon-ju.

Meanwhile, Yang Hong-won held a wedding ceremony with former model Won Hyeon-ju at a location in Seoul on the 18th. The couple tied the knot approximately two years after announcing the birth of their daughter in November 2024.

Hello. This is AP Alchemy.

Regarding the controversy surrounding our artist, we are issuing this statement after consulting with the artist and the affected woman.

To state the conclusion first, the whistleblower’s claims are contrary to the facts, and the materials presented by the whistleblower are the result of malicious editing. The whistleblower threatened our artist and the affected woman in an attempt to extort money, but when things did not go as planned, they made disclosures based on false information. Accordingly, our artist and the affected woman have each filed complaints against the whistleblower for extortion, violation of the Anti-Stalking Act, and defamation through the dissemination of false facts.

First, we will explain the situation at the time in question.

During the performance on the day in question, our artist was interacting with a whistleblower they had coincidentally met. After the performance ended, they went to drink at the whistleblower’s home.

While drinking, the whistleblower demanded that our artist and the affected woman go to a motel of their choosing and asked them to leave. Our artist and the affected woman had no choice but to depart from that location.

Our artist went to a motel in a state of heavy intoxication to find a place to sleep, and the affected woman, who had nowhere else to go, was forced to accompany them.

Our artist fell asleep as soon as they entered the room. Some time later, the affected woman tried to wake our artist, but feeling uncomfortable about potential physical contact that could occur in the process, she asked the whistleblower for help and subsequently returned home with the whistleblower.

After these events, some time passed, and the financially struggling whistleblower used the fact that our artist and the affected woman had been together as a pretext to edit previous conversations and demand money based on false information. However, when the artist and the affected woman reported the matter to the police, the whistleblower once again spliced together conversation and call records to proceed with disclosures based on them.

As shown by the evidence presented, our artist and the affected woman acknowledge that they were forced to accompany each other to a motel. However, they did not have much conversation during the drinking session, and there were no intimate acts whatsoever in the room. Additionally, they did not pay any money in response to the whistleblower’s demands. All of this is true.

We are currently receiving tips from acquaintances of the whistleblower that support the fact that this was a planned manipulation.

Our agency plans to take strict legal action against the whistleblower and the authors of posts and comments spreading the whistleblower’s false information.

Separately, we apologize for the concern caused by the unfortunate incident involving our artist. We promise to implement preventive measures to ensure that similar incidents do not recur in the future.

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