Yang Hyun Suk reveals he's "close" with Han Seo-hee and first met her at a "room salon" in leaked testimony

Article: Yang Hyun-suk "I met Seo-hee Han at an entertainment establishment...we were comfortable with each other"

Source: Maeil Business

Yang Hyun Suk has denied allegations that he threatened Han Seo-hee over iKON B.I's drug case.

On the 12th, the 1st appeals trial of  Yang Hyun-suk's "retaliation threat" charges was held at the Seoul High Court Criminal Division '6-3 with presiding judges Lee Eui-young, Won Jong-chan, and Park Won-cheol. At the hearing, Yang Hyun Suk introduced himself as YG Entertainment's "Executive Producer."

The prosecution stated, "The lower court found the defendant not guilty but the defendant met the victim at the YG office building and used words and actions to persuade and pressure whistleblower A (Han Seo-hee) to reverse her statements in the criminal case again former iKON's B.I (Kim Hanbin). While against social justice, it's not a crime under the law therefore no legal responsibilities can be brought forth. However, a charge of coercing and aiding and abetting is added to those who force or use force to coerce whistleblowers without justifiable grounds and is punishable with imprisonment for up to 3 years or a fine of up to 3 million won."

Yang Hyun Suk retorted, "A received a call from Han Seo-hee and told me so I asked for a meet up and we met on the 7th floor of YG and talked for 20 minutes. I first met Han Seo-hee in the past at an entertainment establishment so we were comfortable with each other. I thought of her as a close acquaintance and asked to meet comfortably. It wasn't under any threatening manner."

While Yang Hyun-suk was acquitted in the first trial, the prosecution that filed the appeal stated, "We're appealing because there was a misunderstanding of the facts and law in the original trial. We're requesting a change of indictment for forced interview under Article 5, Paragraph 4 in the violation of the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes. The victim (Han Seo-hee) insisted from the beginning of the investigation in their court testimony that Yang Hyun Suk threatened harm to the effect of "he would k*ll her off the entertainment industry." It's a mistake to say there was no basis in fact. Even if the defendant's direct and specific notice of harm was not proven, the trial confirmed that it was correct that the victim had felt fear in light of the circumstances including other remarks and actions. The crime of intimidation only requires the level of causing fear and does not judge whether or not that fear happened in reality."

In response, Yang Hyun Suk's lawyer stated, "There was no misrepresentation of facts or misunderstanding of the law. The original judgement was extremely justifiable so we're asking for the appeal to be dismissed."

Regarding the confrontation between the two sides, the judge stated, "There are unresolved questions in the first trial judgement. It's true that the victim's statement was overturned but I will look carefully at what caused the statement to be false and what happened that day (meet up with Yang Hyun Suk).

The judge then briefly asked Yang Hyun-suk about the situation at the time of the incident and Han Seo-hee's reaction to his words "tell the truth." 

Yang Hyun-suk replied, "At the time, Han Seo-hee came from a situation where she was caught up in another drug case so she did not show a confident appearance. She didn't talk much. She never talked about getting a lawyer."

The next hearing will be held on May 24th. 

1. [+701, -4] ?? Wait, what? He first got to know Han Seo-hee where?.. at an adult entertainment establishment ??? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
2. [+430, -10] Is he exposing how he met Han Seo-hee to save himself??
3. [+205, -4] How is he still working there?? It's a complete drug den.. that's a lot of lobbying.. 
4. [+195, -3] It's sad to know after watching the drug episode of 'Taxi Driver' that it's really like this in real life. 
5. [+189, -6] A ba$tard who has turned all the idol kids at his agency into druggies.. is he even worth calling this thug a human being? 
6. [+86, -2] Did he really just take some girl he met at a room salon and brought her in as a trainee??! Is this how he casted all YG kids? Shouldn't this thug be getting kicked and exiled from the K-pop industry for all eternity??!
7. [+51, -1] Daebak.. he's basically saying that Han Seo-hee is an escort bar girl.. the power of YG.
8. [+49, -0] Seungri learned it all while watching this ㅋㅋ
9. [+37, -0] This how pr*stitutes and esc*rts are advancing into all corners of society now
10. [+25, -0] We need to do re-open investigations into Burning Sun and do a massive drug investigation. I'm sure political figures are deeply entangled in it and we can use this to toughen our laws.
11. [+34, -1] Han Seo-hee.. a room salon girl?? A one-shot victory by Yang Hyun-suk ㅋㅋㅋ
12. [+25, -0] Eh, I thought everyone knew already that Han Seo-hee was an esc*rt and worked at room salons. Maybe she was embarrassed of her past so she she lied that she was a gold spoon?
13. [+25, -1] Celebrities are no different from room salon esc*rts. They just serve rich chaebols as their clientele but they're one and the same. He's really exposing this like it's breaking newsㅋ.
14. [+13, -1] Does he think exposing Han Seo-hee's past as an esc*rt bar girl reduces his crime?