Yoo Hye-won, who even waited by his side during his imprisonment… Seungri’s wife from the “Burning Sun” scandal was someone else [Star Issue]

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What is influencer Yoo Hye-won, who was linked in dating rumors with Seungri (real name Lee Seung-hyun), a former member of the boy group BIGBANG, no less than three times, doing these days?

On the 28th, news of Seungri’s marriage and the birth of his second child was reported in succession. According to reports from one media outlet, Seungri’s wife is a non-celebrity woman in her 20s who is currently pregnant and expected to give birth in January next year. The second child is reportedly a son, and the couple is known to be planning to set up their new home in Seoul Gangnam-gu.

Although it was initially reported as a premarital pregnancy, Seungri has already completed the marriage registration with his partner and is legally married. In an interview with another media outlet, Seungri drew a clear line by stating, “The claim that I got married because she was pregnant is not true,” and directly announced his stance, saying, “At this point, we are not considering holding a wedding ceremony.”

Seungri, a key figure in the “Burning Sun Gate” scandal, who was sentenced to one year and six months in prison on charges of habitual gambling and procuring prostitution, and was released in February 2023. His sudden news of starting a new chapter in life naturally turned public attention back to his past connection, Yoo Hye-won.

Yoo Hye-won is the person who was embroiled in dating rumors with Seungri no less than three times, starting from 2018. In March 2020, when Seungri enlisted in the military, a woman presumed to be Yoo Hye-won was accidentally captured inside a car at the scene, drawing public attention. Furthermore, in 2023, immediately after Seungri completed his sentence and was released from Yeju Prison, eyewitness accounts emerged claiming that the two spent time together at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

In particular, when the eyewitness account of the Bangkok trip was shared, netizens labeled Yoo Hye-won with the stigmatizing tag “waiting by his side during imprisonment” (okbawaji), praising her for quietly waiting for Seungri while he served his sentence, which sparked significant controversy.

Although dating rumors persistently followed them from his enlistment to after his release, both Seungri and Yoo Hye-won maintained silence throughout the three instances of rumors, neither confirming nor denying them.

Yoo Hye-won, who had been carrying the persistent label associated with Seungri, was later embroiled in another dating rumor with basketball player Heo Woong in 2024, but both sides immediately denied it at the time, concluding the matter as a false alarm.

As an influencer, Yoo Hye-won is currently continuing her active work by collaborating with multiple brands and tools through her personal SNS and other channels.

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