On YTN Radio's ‘Clever Radio Life’ broadcast on the 30th, Lawyer Lee Go Eun appeared by remote phone and exchanged stories related to the recorded records containing allegations of sex trafficking by Choi Min Hwan of FTISLAND.
On 24 January, Yulhee (ex-LABOUM), Choi Minhwan's ex-wife, said: ‘There was a very big incident one year before the divorce. Based on that time, our marriage changed 180 degrees. I enjoyed living with my big family very much, but it was very hard not to want to be in that house after that incident. It was also hard to face my family. He even got drunk and touched me in front of my family and inserted money into my chest,’ she said, revealing that Choi Min-hwan was in and out of brothels.
Yulhee continued by disclosing a recording of Choi Minhwan's phone calls in the early hours of the morning on several days in July and August 2022. The recordings include Choi Min Hwan's voice on the phone with a person believed to be the head of the brothel's office, asking for accommodation to be booked. He also added to the shock when he said that despite the brothel manager telling him to spend time with his family, he rather controlled this and asked him to book a brothel.
Lawyer Lee Go Eun said, "It is shocking on many levels" and added, "In a case like a brothel, it is legal to employ a receptionist. If it falls under sex trafficking, there must be a sexual relationship where money is exchanged and certain sexual acts, but it usually takes place in an accommodation after a drinking session rather than in a bar", he said, noting that the recorded recordings containing voices booking a brothel were suspicious of sex trafficking.
Lawyer Lee continued that while he suspected the level of entertainment in the 2 million won (approx. 200,000 yen) that Choi Min-hwan said he would deposit, he saw the need for direct evidence, saying that it was difficult to prove whether prostitution had reached its end based on the recorded recordings alone.
She added "While listening to the recordings, I felt that Choi Min-hwan is a person who is very familiar with this kind of sex culture”. If it comes out that he has engaged in prostitution, and if this is more frequent, it will be difficult for him to receive a stay of prosecution, even if it is in fact his first offence, and it is highly likely that he will receive a fine or more’.
Lawyer Lee also said, "If you have to litigate for divorce (on this ground), there could be sufficient grounds for attribution in violation of the couple's fidelity obligation. It could work very adversely."
Not only that, when asked whether Choi Min Hwan's putting money into Yulhee's pyjama chest and touching the main part of her body could be considered a sexual offence, Lawyer Lee said, "Basically, sexual assault and indecent assault can also be committed between husband and wife", but only because the permissible range of However, he informed that it is difficult to be recognised because of the wide permissible range between husband and wife.
The right to care for the three children is currently held by Choi Min Hwan. Lawyer Lee said, "If the allegations that Choi Min Hwan is subjected to were child abuse, then naturally the childcare rights can be seriously considered for the change part, but it seems difficult to make Yulhee immediately change the childcare rights for the children just because of the fact that they are sex trafficked."
2024/10/30 18:42 KST
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