"Protecting the Participant": Yang Hong-won Faces Aftermath of Affair Allegations… Family YouTube Channel Blocks Comments [Star Issue]

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Rapper Yang Hong-won has been embroiled in affair allegations just five days after his wedding, while his agency has categorically denied the claims and announced it will take legal action. Amid this, a YouTube channel featuring the daily life of Yang Hong-won's family has also closed its comment section.

The production team behind the YouTube channel "Yang Hong-won's Parenting Diary" issued a notice on the 23rd via comments on recent videos, stating, "We are currently verifying the facts regarding the matter in question," and adding, "While verification is underway, we plan to temporarily restrict comment posting to protect the participant."

Previously, whistleblower A raised suspicions of an affair involving Yang Hong-won through social media, stating, "The newlywed groom just went to a motel with a woman. Isn't that wrong?" In the process, A revealed the face and social media account of a woman presumed to have accompanied Yang Hong-won to the motel, as well as the content of messages sent to Yang Hong-won's wife, Won Hyeon-ju, sparking controversy.

Yang Hong-won's agency, AP Alchemy, stated in an official position on the same day that "the whistleblower's claims are contrary to the facts, and the materials presented by the whistleblower are maliciously edited results."

The agency further stated, "The whistleblower threatened the artist and the victim woman to extort money, but when things did not go as planned, they made disclosures based on false facts," adding, "The artist and the victim woman have each filed complaints against the whistleblower for extortion, violation of the Stalking Punishment Act, and defamation through the dissemination of false facts."

While acknowledging that Yang Hong-won accompanied a woman to a motel, the agency drew a clear line regarding the affair allegations.

According to the agency, after finishing a performance, Yang Hong-won drank alcohol at the whistleblower's home and later left the house at the whistleblower's request. In a state of heavy intoxication, while looking for a place to sleep, Yang Hong-won headed to a motel, and the woman, who had nowhere else to go, was forced to accompany him.

The agency claimed, "The artist fell asleep as soon as he entered the room," adding, "The victim woman tried to wake the sleeping artist but felt uncomfortable with physical contact, so she asked the whistleblower for help, and subsequently returned home together with the whistleblower."

The agency emphasized, "While we acknowledge that he accompanied a woman to the motel, there was absolutely no intimate behavior inside the room," and stressed, "We did not pay any money in response to the whistleblower's financial demands."

Meanwhile, Yang Hong-won held his wedding ceremony with former model Won Hyeon-ju on the 18th. The couple announced the birth of a daughter in November 2024 and have been sharing their daily life with family through the YouTube channel "Yang Hong-won's Parenting Diary."

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