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"Grand Prize." Lee Sangmin is doing well, so I'm angry.."Sex Offender" Ko Young-wook → "Gambling" Shin Jung-hwan takes turns shooting [★FOCUS]

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Choi Hyejin

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Ko Young-wook (from left), Lee Sang-min and Shin Jung-hwan/photograph = Star News

Lee Sang-min from the group Lula, the winner of the "2025 SBS Entertainment Awards," is being shot alternately by Ko Young-wook and Shin Jung-hwan.

Lee Sang-min won the grand prize at the "2025 SBS Entertainment Awards" held on December 30. He has been active in entertainment programs "My Ugly Baby" (hereinafter referred to as "My Little Old Boy") and "Dolsing Foreman."

At the time, Lee Sang-min said, "I just showed you how hard I was living through 'My Little Old Boy,' and I never thought I would be loved by so many people."

He continued, "I received a lot of love from SBS to the extent that it was not enough to pay off my debt for the rest of my life. If you let me do anything from now on, I'll do well. I will try to live a better life than now so that all of my life does not bother SBS, where it is stored," he said.

However, after winning the Lee Sang-min Grand Prize, there were people who shot him. They are Ko Young-wook and Shin Jung-hwan from Lula, who were once colleagues of Lee Sang-min.

Ko Young-wook, a former member of the group Lula who was arrested on charges of sexual assault and sexual harassment by minors, is being released from prison after serving his sentence at the Seoul Southern Prison. /Photo = Star News

Ko Young-wook indirectly expressed his discomfort by sharing an article related to Lee Sang-min's grand prize award on his SNS on the 2nd.

Ko Young-wook said, "Why would people be so angry?" and "A married man who appears regularly in a single concept entertainment program will receive the grand prize?" He also wrote an article quoting the article, "Isn't this a true black comedy?"

In addition, Ko Young-wook shared another article and mentioned the content of the article, saying, "Viewers' distrust is deepening due to the selection of targets that many people do not understand and the repeated controversy over Ji Seok-jin's neglect."

On the same day, even Shin Jung-hwan shot Lee Sang-min by mentioning the settlement problem of the past Lula days through the YouTube channel "B-class Studio." Shin Jung-hwan said, "I think Lula went well, but I've never received a proper settlement. I received 12 million won every five years," he claimed. Referring to Lee Sang-min, who was a producer at the time, he said, "Sang-min slightly floated us in the first album and sold it to the company. I sold it for more money," he added.

Lee Sang-min then refuted this directly. He said on his SNS, "I was also an agency singer, and who would I settle the accounts for. I'm not the president of Lula." In the end, Shin Jung-hwan said, "It was a misunderstanding in terms of editing. I was talking about the settlement when I was Kkokko, but it sounds like Sang-min didn't give it to me. "I'm sorry," he said, lowering his tail.

Shin Jung-hwan at the time of attending the sentencing hearing on charges of habitual gambling abroad / Photo = Star News

Meanwhile, Lula debuted in 1994 as a quartet of Lee Sang-min, Kim Ji-hyun, Ko Young-wook, and Shin Jung-hwan. They were greatly loved for their hits such as "No Secret," "Angel Lost Wings," "Heavenly Love," "3!4!" and "Prayer."

Then Shin Jung-hwan left the group due to joining the military, and Chae Rina was put in. After leaving Lula, Shin Jung-hwan made his country debut with Tak Jae-hoon in 1998 and turned into a broadcaster from 2003. However, Shin Jung-hwan was summarily indicted for illegal gambling in 2005, and in 2010, he was arrested and charged for gambling overseas and sentenced to eight months in prison.

Ko Young-wook was indicted on charges of sexually assaulting and forcibly molesting three minors four times in his officetel and car in Seoul from July 2010 to December 2012. In December 2013, the Supreme Court sentenced Ko to two and a half years in prison. In addition, he issued an order to disclose and notify personal information for five years and attach a location tracking electronic device (electronic anklet) for three years. Later, Ko Young-wook was released from Seoul Southern Prison in July 2015.

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