”Alleged money fraud” Arum (ex-T-ara), ”The truth will be revealed by law”... Husband in divorce proceedings abusing children?

Arum (Lee Arum), from the group T-ARA, was again involved in allegations of money fraud. In response, Arum stated that 'the truth will be revealed by the law'.

On the 1st, the online media 'Dispatch' reported that Arum committed money fraud together with her boyfriend A. The media reported that Arum conspired with A to borrow a total of 43.95 million won ($4.49 million) from her fans for legal and hospital fees for her divorce proceedings, but only repaid about 2 million won, and the use of the money was also unclear.

The media also reported that A had been sentenced to prison on charges of fraud, blackmail and sexual assault, and that he had pretended to be a writer after his release from prison, claiming that he had "made up his own plays, such as saying that his children were abused by his husband, who is in divorce proceedings, in order to borrow money from Arum". This included the following.

Arum married an older businessman in 2019 and has two children. Prior to this, in December last year, Arum informed the public that she was in divorce proceedings with her husband and that she had a girlfriend who was planning to remarry. Subsequently, Arum also posted posts on social networking sites claiming that her husband, who is in divorce proceedings, had not only assaulted her throughout their marriage, but also abused their children.

In this context, allegations of financial fraud by Arum were recently raised online. In this connection, Arum has refuted the allegations, claiming that they were inflated by hacking criminals. It also stated its position that it would take legal action. At the end of last week, he announced that he had attempted suicide but had woken up and was recovering, while also declaring that he would suspend his social networking activities for the time being.

On the same day, Arum uploaded a photo of additional position statements and several sheets of paper with a breakdown of emergency medical expenses on SNS as the ripples caused by the allegations raised again became more and more intense. Through the position statement, Arum stated that she would 'mercilessly put away all the betrayed acquaintances and users who make malicious comments by law'.

She added, "This happened because of people who provide information without permission and write articles without permission", and added, "I know who among those I knew provided information about the content of KakaoTalk conversations. We will also proceed with charges against them for providing information without permission". Arum also claimed that the case of child abuse had already been investigated to the interim stage.