Self-proclaimed "problem child" Yang Hong-won faces school violence controversy amid affair and drug allegations: "What is he so confident about?" [Star Issue]

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Rapper Yang Hong-won was embroiled in affair rumors just five days after his wedding. Amidst the emergence of drug-related suspicions, there is a growing atmosphere that past controversies over him being a perpetrator of school violence are reigniting.

On the 23rd, a man known as an acquaintance of Yang Hong-won raised allegations of infidelity against him. It was claimed that Yang Hong-won had accompanied another woman to a motel. The controversy caused significant shock given that it erupted just five days after Yang Hong-won married his wife, model Won Hyeon-ju.

As the controversy spread, Yang Hong-won's agency, AP Alchemy, acknowledged that Yang Hong-won had accompanied the woman to the motel but refuted the claims by stating, "There was absolutely no intimate behavior in the room," and "The artist (Yang Hong-won) fell asleep as soon as he entered the room." Currently, both Yang Hong-won and the woman who accompanied him to the motel have filed complaints against the whistleblower for extortion, violations of the Stalking Punishment Act, and defamation through the dissemination of false facts.

While the affair rumors caused a stir in public opinion, drug-related suspicions were also raised. On the 25th, an internet user identified as "A," who introduced himself as "a long-time fan of Yang Hong-won in the past and someone who interacted with him from close proximity," confessed, "I could not stop thinking about whether revealing what I know would destroy a family, whether the child, who is at no fault, would ultimately be forced to bear wounds they should not have to endure, and how much shock and pain his current wife, Hyeon-ju, would suffer if she came across this post."

A continued, "If what I know is true, I began to wonder whether my silence was a choice for anyone's benefit. The reason I am speaking out publicly is not to unconditionally make someone look like a bad person. I judged it necessary to clarify the specific factual circumstances so that the truth and context of the content can be verified," adding drug-related keywords as tags to raise suspicions. However, the related content remains merely the one-sided claim of the internet user, and no specific factual circumstances have been confirmed to date.

The controversies surrounding Yang Hong-won are unfolding in a chain reaction, with the form of school violence perpetrator allegations that have continued from several years ago until recently also being reignited. In June, an exposé post was published on an online community by an internet user "B," who claimed to be a classmate from elementary, middle, and high school.

B stated, "I suffered school violence from Yang Hong-won during my student days," and claimed, "I waited 16 years until Yang Hong-won started a family and rose to the top." When the controversy arose, the agency side stated at the time, "There are some parts of the post regarding school violence that differ from the facts, so we wish to correct them. B continuously sent threatening messages to Yang Hong-won and his family, and broke down the door of the studio late at night, entering without permission and damaging the interior," revealing that they had filed complaints against B for stalking, threats, trespassing, and property damage.

However, attention is drawn to the fact that allegations of school violence perpetration against Yang Hong-won are not new. When suspicions of school violence were raised during his appearance on Mnet's hip-hop audition reality show "High School Rapper" in 2017, Yang Hong-won admitted to it and expressed his apology to the victims.

Two years later, in 2019, he also directly addressed the school violence controversy with the intent that, "I conveyed my intention to apologize to the victim, but the victim rejected it with a nuance of 'I wasn't even thinking about it, why are you bringing it up again.' I will wait until the victim changes their mind." Since then, numerous controversies regarding Yang Hong-won as a perpetrator of school violence have consistently been raised.

Subsequently, when Yang Hong-won opened a YouTube channel called "Yang Hong-won's Parenting Diary," featuring his wife Won Hyeon-ju and young daughter, and gained popularity by showcasing content such as the process of raising his daughter, his love story with his wife, and family psychological counseling, the school violence controversy naturally surfaced. Some voices raised critical comments such as, "What is he so confident about that a school violence perpetrator films YouTube videos even bringing his young daughter?" "Did he properly apologize to the victims?" and "I doubt whether he has truly repented."

This case is no different. Yang Hong-won, who has become an adult and the father of a child but still cannot shake off the label of "problem child," is entangled in a complex web of affair rumors, drug suspicions, and unresolved school violence perpetrator controversies. Public attention is focused on how Yang Hong-won will deal with the various controversies that are so intertwined it is unclear where they began.

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