Da hell is this sideshow turning into? After a veritable alphabet soup of parties involved in the Park Shi Hoo rape investigation ranging from A to K, now there is yet another person speaking out on the case. SERIOUSLY? People need be shutting up here is all I can say. Alternatively referred to in the media as Park Shi Hoo’s “friend” or “representative”, this person hasn’t yet been given a letter of the alphabet but I’ll call him D for now. D met with a reporter of Sports Seoul on March 5 for an official interview expressing how Park Shi Hoo remains completely bewildered and perplexed over A’s position. D says Park Shi Hoo liked A when he met her through K that night. Their interactions remained positive throughout, drinking happily at the bar and even the next morning at his apartment she conversed with him very amiably. Apparently they exchanged phone numbers the next morning and A left after saying in a very aegyo way to Park Shi Hoo “oppa, I’m off now.” According to D (remember, that’s my nickname for this unknown source for ease of reference), Park Shi Hoo intended to keep dating A afterwards otherwise if it was just a one-night stand he wouldn’t have given her his number. Of course, the fact remains that if Park Shi Hoo’s version of the tale is to be believed, he still slept with a girl 14 years younger the first night they met, albeit consensually per his assertion. I’m sure his fans will explain away their oppa’s libido as perfectly gentlemanly and normal. The funniest part of this interview is that, at the urging of the reporter, D actually called Park Shi Hoo during the interview and asked him the reporter’s question about how he felt about A. Park Shi Hoo replied over the phone that he liked A, thought they had a lot in common and felt she was a good person, and he had wanted to keep getting to know her. Can E, F, and G please come out all at once to keep this crazy show going?
I have to say none of the leaked evidence or assertions are cut and dry in determining whether there was a rape that night or a consensual sexual encounter. For all I know, A liked K and got drunk drinking with him and Park Shi Hoo, then they all went back to his place whereby A thought Park Shi Hoo was K and slept with him only to wake up sober the next morning confused as to why she ended up with Park Shi Hoo and not K. In her confusion as to what happened and in the period of trying to process everything, she exchanged cordial chit chat with Park Shi Hoo as she left his place and then text messages with K that highlight how confused she was about everything that happened (she’s not exactly the brightest bulb in the room based on those texts, and if she likes K then she has really bad taste as well because K is about as sleazy as they come based on how K talks to A in those texts). The confused A talks with her so-called friend B, who somehow has it out for Park Shi Hoo and thinks this is the best way to destroy him or shake him down for a 1 billion won settlement. Wanting to get money from someone does not in and of itself indicate a set up or conspiracy, as there are times real victims would rather have monetary compensation over justice being served. Remember – greedy and bad people can in fact be genuine victims of a crime and its not always saintly people who have bad things happen to them.
Let me use very coarse language here to illustrate my point – A may very well be a stupid greedy slut, but being a stupid greedy slut does not in itself mean that she was not raped that night. Only facts about what happened will prove or disprove that, character speculation is spurious in establishing the case. Back to the possible scenario – after hearing of the events according to A’s confused recitation, B encourages A to report the rape and gets her in touch with Park Shi Hoo’s former agency director who is still completely pissed that Park Shi Hoo left his agency without a by-your-leave. There is no conspiracy to set Park Shi Hoo up for rape, but the former agency director pours fuel on the fire and tells A to report the rape since its like getting a Christmas goose delivered to him that Park Shi Hoo gets himself in potential trouble by sleeping with a chick he just met. A, who had no intention of sleeping with Park Shi Hoo but may have drank and flirted with him and led him on, ends up reporting it as rape because it was a non-consensual sexual encounter that she didn’t agree to beforehand and may or may not have taken place while she was either incoherently drunk or even completely passed out. And then all hell breaks loose and the clowns all come out and soon the zoo will release the wild animals as well. Did I miss anything in building my case based on the available information? If what I posit is correct, the prosecutor won’t have an easy decision on whether to press charges.
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Bravo! It's now elaborated a real K-drama that we anticipate a new episode with more saucy news! LOL
Thank you, Ms koala. I can't think any better way to describe the current situation.
For sure, more to come.
Now the very juicy word "pregnancy" appeared in the later part of K and A text messages that was just exposed by PSH's side (I haven't read the whole thing, and I don't know why)
The police asked A, K, P to hand in their cell phone. A did on March 3. K and P refused it. The reason from their lawyer is to "protect the actors' private life".
The police requested P and K to hand in their mobile phones and got rejected again.
It reported that the police seek search warrant for P and K mobile phones before but the request was declined by the prosecution bureau.
I've been wondering for a while why the police didn't make all these necessary moves. Now it looks that they did but the prosecution bureau stopped them every time. Now I can see that power plays in this case.
Rumor said P's lawyer used to work in prosecution field (don't know exactly where).
Can I thump you up for this, it is exactly what I was thinking! It's like a bus heading off a cliff, you can't do anything but watch and be disturbingly facinated.
"And then all hell breaks loose and the clowns all come out and soon the zoo will release the wild animals as well." ROFLOL. This is so apt Ms Koala.
I think someone already released the lions lol.
Totally agreed! Loved that comment from Mrs Koala!!!
It is indeed a new real-ife drama... too bad we can predict the finale nor when the next episode or characters will show up...
We just need to stay tuned!
Hahaha... Oh bloody hell!
You forgot to mention the most recent interview with B, which reveals A lied, or at least embellished things, to B.
What is the interview with B about?
I think Ms Koala tends to focus more on things that clearly show PSH and K in a bad light (which lets face it, they deserve) and not soo much on things that show A in a bad light. Its her blog so she's allowed some bias and honestly there are many sites that focus on vilifing A (which if some of the 'evidence' is to be believed, maybe she deserves some of it as well) as opposed to the other 2. Anyone who wants a more balanced view needs to follow multiple sources which is fairly easy to do since this story is everywhere on korean and korea-related sites.
As far as I am concerned Ms. Koala has been fairly balanced in her coverage of the PSH rape case.
Really? I just posted about Park Shi Hoo's friend standing up for his side of the story, and I insinuated that A was a ditzy bimbo with very bad taste in men. I think I've been more than fair to both sides in reporting. Also, what B says A said to her is not worth the letter on my keyboard to type out. It's hearsay and B is completely without any credibility in this case.
Please dont think Im on the side of the guys here. I personally believe PSH assaulted her and K is a monster who essentially fed her to the dogs. I just personally feel that non-bias means reporting on everything regardless of who it favors. I feel the things you haven't reported on painted A in a bad light whereas you've brought to light everything that highlights how the men took advantage of a girl barely out of her teens. Also you tend to wax lyrical about all the ways PSH messed up (and I agree 100%) but when A messes up you tend to not comment as much. That's how I formed the opinion that I posted above. I apologize if you feel like I insulted you as that was not my intention.
@keke How about the texts A relaesed which Koala posted. A wasnt painted exactly sinless there. All news agency reported same news. Blogs have different pov on the news because its blogs. You dont see A villified here much because not everyone is same pov that A is solely to blame. Here, healthy exchanges of pov by giving one's alternative take on the scenario. Regardless wether you are sold or not.
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe she's playing devil's advocate? Or she has the lawyer mentality where she picked one side and will argue that side to the death.
Maybe she didn't read that article before releasing this post.
I find that Ockoala's reporting is one of the more balanced one, and the discussions in this forum also show both sides perspectives, less lopsided compared to Allk and netizbuzz
Sorry, but I have to disagree. This is one of the most balanced reports on the topic I have read. In my opinion, Mrs Koala is doing a very good job. And if you read the above article, it isn't really making A look good, on the contrary. As for what is said about PSH, there is truth to that. If one of my younger brothers would pull that stunt, he would get an earful from my psrents and me, that is for sure. Mrs Koala is much nicer in her phrasing than I would have been, both towards A, K, and PSH.
I totally agree that she is one of the most balanced sites I read regarding this whole situation but that doesn't automatically mean that she is without bias. Was it really that terrible that I suggested that someone should have more than 1 source for information? And I didn't mean to imply that she is painting A out to be an angel. If that's the impression you got, Im sorry. I just feel that its hard/impossible to find an opinion-stating blog that is without bias. Sure CNN blogs may be less biased than say, FOX news or MSNBC, but I still wouldn't tell anyone to listen to only CNN.
Again, if my comments offended anyone, I apologize. I just got the impression that if Ms Koala had to pick a side, based on the sum of all the opinions she has expressed in all her posts, she would go with A. I should note I'd pick A as well.
@keke, I think I understand what you mean. However, as per definition, a blog is always subjective and therfore biased, as it reflects personal opinions rather than being a newreport, kind of like a diary. It's not a newpaper, Fox, CNN or their blogs, where reporters are supposed to examine things from all sides and "not have an opinion".
I am always pleasently surprised to see that in Mrs Koala's blog, more than one source is considered. In this particular case, she has considered statements from all parties in her articles, though of course not neccessarily she sifted through all sources available.
And perhaps the problem is that PSH and K's behaviour IS actually shining in a bad light and not making them look really smart when you look at it in broad daylight.
If you know you can't hold your liquor and know you take risks when tipsy, then don't drink. That goes for all three parties involved, A, K, and PSH. Otherwise, when you wake up from your drunkness and have to examine your behaviour in the harsh sunlight, you might want to bang your head against the wall repeatedly.
Alcohol has made a mess out of more than one life, and once again it show that it makes idiots out of otherwise perhaps nice and decent people, and especially out of people who are considered "pure, innocent" and who are being put on the pedestal as role models and in god-like status. Otherwise, the tabloids would be out of work.
Agreed Koala, this is going to be a tough one to prove in either way.
Your scenario is how I've interpreted all the crazy that's been released. Park Shihoo was and remains a total turn off for me. Some'n about the dude. I hope this clears up soon.
this is probably of the craziest scandal of k-ent history.
I heard that A's father, poor guy, is hanging his shame at work.
What does "hanging his shame at work" means? Just curious...
probably meant hanging his head in shame at work....
I would ignore D. He wasn't there during the drinking session, he wasn't at the apartment when the alleged rape took place... in short, he has no personality in this real-life drama. PSH camp is just trying to muddle the issue. Maybe they think that if they muddle the issue enough, people will just forget that PSH had sex with a girl 14 years his junior whom he just met for the first time that night... and that said girl is too drunk to give consent to being used sexually.
they want to make PSH in every way the good guy who was fooled. Poor guy fooled for an 22 years old girl who he thought liked him back and he even intended to date. Of course, never a one night stand! PSH isn't this kind of guy! No!
lol BS.
And they try to make A be the slut girl using this poor innocent oppa.
Did you read A gave her phone away to police investigate it and PSH and K told they would also give their phones, only to then say they wouldn't anymore because of their ''star privacy'' lol I wonder if the police could find other girls that PSH and K did the same they did to A.
PSH is just trying to clean his image and stain A's image, but by doing it for me, even if he is innocent and didn't rape the girl, it showed me what kind of person PSH and K are.... Ugh. Turned off.
Act like a man, stop hiding behind media play and just cooperate with police to make this case end.
Well said!
Yea, it's only part of PSH's strategy plays. Let's see:
March 5: P's lawyer filed countersuits against A,B,and H. Playing offense
March 6: P's friend reiterate the consensual feeling between P and A. Olive leaf?
March 7: P's lawyer stated that he had no more to lose so they are going to fight to the end.
I the attack/retreat/attack strategy, but what about the pace? It doesn't leave much time for digestion nor reaction. I feel dizzy and confused.
This new kdrama series is getting more casts, I wonder when and what episode will the other letters from the alphabet going to do their cameo?
LOL!