”Anger over office romance?” Office CEO who assaulted idol group member with iron bar receives suspended sentence

The former head of a management office who was on trial for allegedly assaulting a member of a male idol group with a blunt iron object was given a suspended prison sentence in the first trial.
According to the legal profession on the 29th, Judge Lee Kyung-seong of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 16 Exclusive, on the 14th, a suspect indicted for special injury, special assault, and child abuse was arrested.
The first hearing of the trial of Kim, the former CEO of the agency, was held and he was sentenced to one year in prison with three years of probation. He was also ordered to perform 120 hours of community service.
The management office was fined 5 million won (approximately 500,000 yen) for violating the Child Welfare Act.
Prior to this, Kim had visited the accommodation and arrested a member of the idol group he was in because she had been in a relationship with the manager at work.
At the time, Kim was accused of assaulting A at her workplace while holding an iron hanger rod and questioning the truth of the office romance, claiming that A had violated company rules and contractual provisions.
When he denied this, he was accused of lying and was repeatedly hit on the thighs and buttocks. Not only that, he also hit the heads of two other members, B and C, who were in the same group as A, saying that the toilets at the training camp were dirty.
He is also accused of hitting a child with an iron hanger rod. The court said, "The defendant repeatedly assaulted a child who was unable to resist or defend himself with a hanger rod that he had brought with him, requiring four weeks of treatment.
"The violence was so severe that a hanger broke," he said. "The victims, who are other singers under the label, were assaulted on the head with a hanger stick, but the method of assault was
"Considering the location of the assault, the risk is high," he said, adding, "Considering the circumstances at the time of the assault, the material is poor." However, the fact that the defendant admitted to all the assaults and stepped down from his position as CEO and that some of the victims
The court viewed the fact that he had agreed to a settlement of 80 million won with the remaining victims, and that he had no criminal record exceeding a fine or a similar crime as being in his favor.
Meanwhile, the police sent Kim to the prosecution in June last year on suspicion of special injury, special assault, and child abuse.
The case against Kim was reported and a police investigation was launched.