"Not Rape, but Adultery" Ko Young-wook Summoned in Sex Crime Case..Sudden Appeal of Injustice [Star Issue]

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Ko Young-wook, formerly a member of the group Rula, expressed his sense of injustice by directly addressing his sex crime case.

On the 29th, Ko Young-wook posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account: "At the end of my articles, there is always a tag about my case. I wonder if reporters at least verify before writing, or if they just copy and paste."

Ko Young-wook stated that his first case began on May 8, 2012, at Yongsan Police Station, alleging that the police leaked the details of the incident to the media as if it were already concluded. He recalled: "Due to one-sided statements from the accuser and reports leaked definitively by the police, I was immediately dropped from all broadcasts regardless of whether the truth was verified."

He further claimed that the case was ultimately closed with a decision of "no prosecution" at the Prosecution Service stage after he submitted all KakaoTalk messages exchanged between himself and the accuser as evidence. He also stated that he had submitted the same KakaoTalk evidence to the police, and that fabricated KakaoTalk content unfavorable to him later appeared in the media.

Regarding the accuser, Ko pointed out that "she eventually submitted a letter stating she did not wish for punishment, withdrew her complaint, and yet favorable details were not properly reported at the time."

In particular, Ko expressed his sense of injustice over being described as having committed "sexual assault" when past incidents involving him are mentioned. He emphasized: "Only write the facts stated in the verdict. It was not sexual assault but adultery (though this is solely a court ruling). Report only these facts and criticize accordingly."

He also claimed that the first accuser was not an "aspiring entertainer" as announced by the police, but rather a participant in an experimental camera segment of a program he appeared on. He added that although the accuser resided in Gimpo, she filed her complaint at Yongsan Police Station, and one of her acquaintances' fathers was a detective at Yongsan Police Station.

Ko Young-wook explained his reason for posting: "I know it may seem meaningless to bring this up now, but I wanted to correct at least some widely misunderstood facts." He added, "There is much more I could say... I will share the rest later."

Meanwhile, Ko Young-wook was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in 2010 for sexually assaulting and forcibly molesting three minors on five separate occasions. His sentence was finalized by the Supreme Court, making him the first entertainer to be fitted with an electronic ankle monitor.

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