I don’t think any rational consumer of entertainment would ever assume that any star was infallible or incapable of making mistakes and/or breaking the law. The question really comes down to the nature of any transgression and whether it’s personally offensive enough to write the star off going forward. The Kim Hyun Joong domestic violence allegations are important because he’s such a popular star and because of the severity of the allegations. It’d be weird not to cover this case since its all over the news and because I liked him enough I want to understand what is going on before deciding to keep watching his acting career (if he has one going forward). Plus violence and abuse in any form whether verbal, emotional, and escalation into physical is something that can touch upon the lives of every person whether famous or not, man or woman.
This case is less he said-she said as long as there is evidence such a medical records as well as documented communications to back up A’s assertion that she dated Kim Hyun Joong for two years and during this last Spring-early Summer he struck her twice to the degree she needed medical treatment. Kim Hyun Joong’s agency Keyeast responded with an initial statement admitting the dating but claiming it was only recent in the last few months, admitting the physical fight but refuting that it was habitual abuse and instead was a one time heated exchange, and denying the broken rib was due to violence and claimed it was the result of the couple goofing around. Dispatch continues to jump all over this matter and yesterday released a slew of text messages and pictures between Kim Hyun Joong and A which refute many of the explanations Keyeast gave in its response.
The entire Keyeast statement reeks of lame shadiness and if I were Kim Hyun Joong’s attorney then I should be fired for not defending my client properly and letting this statement come out. The only statement Keyeast needed to release was “The allegations as reported in the media are not factually accurate and Kim Hyun Joong will fully cooperate with the investigations and hopes that he will be vindicated when all the evidence comes to light.” That’s all that’s needed for a preliminary response, now that wasn’t hard was it? Everyone deserves a vigorous defense and so far Kim Hyun Joong’s side is an epic fail. Dispatch’s latest report is intended to rebut the Keyeast statement in three major points (as highlighted above) (1) how long the couple dated, (2) the nature of the fight that Keyeast claims was mutual, and (3) whether the abuse was one time or repeated.
The picture on the left was snapped in April 2012 at the beginning of their relationship at Kim Hyun Joong’s residence while the picture on the left was taken two years later n March 2014 while the couple dined at a restaurant when A visited Kim Hyun Joong during his Age of Feeling filming.
Translation of the 2013 text messages Kim Hyun Joong sent to A:
I miss you~
A-ya~~♥
I’ll be good to you
Don’t break up with oppa
I love you
Do you want to live with oppa?
Translation of the 2014 texts Kim Hyun Joong sent to A:
I miss you~
I’m sorry
I hope you can get back the two years you’ve lost
These are my sincere feelings
The first physical fight that A is alleging happened in May, below is the text exchange that happened the day after. Kim Hyun Joong flew to Japan that day and was seen at the airport looking fine.
A said:
My whole body is covered in bruises…it hurts. I’m so upset about this. I was hit to the point where I’m barely alive. Why do I need to get hit like this?
Kim Hyun Joong replied:
I don’t know why I did it when I knew I’d be sorry as soon as the next day. I hope your bruises and your pain get better. I’m genuinely sorry.
Dispatch also printed copies of her hospital stay records, one for May and one for July.
Then there is A’s text message to her friend the day after what Keyeast claims was goofing around with Kim Hyun Joong that led to her cracking a rib.
A said:
I fought with Kim Hyun Joong.
My rib hurts so much, I can’t lay on my side
He shoved it so hard it cracked
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Get him is all I will say. Abuse is vile and disgusting and I think the fact that he is continuing with his tour says very little abut his character. I support what Dispatch is doing because his hardcore and I am assuming young fans who have been denying, victim blaming, defending, and oppa didn't mean are just....its insane and downright scary to see such a responses. Thank you for sharing and continuing to share information on this case.
Well as I said before, I didn't appreciate that people were pointing fingers before keyeast made an official statement and before this kind of evidence came out/leaked out to the public. But, now that we have more information, the accuser has a strong case and, I wouldn't be surprised if Kim Hyun Joong's career took a dive.
I asked my husband what his think about this this... There's no excuse for what he did and on top that he cheated on her than beat HER!!? Throw his ass in jail! Okay, after that what can I say...
Wow, it's not unbelievable but it's hard to believe. I wonder how they got hold of the text messages. Were they released by A? With this new batch of evidence things aren't looking so good for KHJ. It's starting to get very obvious.
I have the same feeling, I do hate when men abuse or hit women.
Since the news have been revealed, I read all the information in different sites. At first I think anybody said that they weren´t together right now, but I think last night in Dispatch said that they broke up in July. I can´t understand why she waited until now to denonce him, it was because she was afraid to get hurt again? Through the messages between the, it looks like their relationship was a little bit sickness...
I do agree with you too, that the statement was really weak and difficult to believe.
I don´t what to think but I do believe he had finished his career, it was a problem that nobody will never forget.
I think I have to do it like the PSH case, stop reading till the prosecution gets him or make a decision. I can understand her allegations and the denials. What I don't get is how Despatch gets all this inside info. If it's from the victim's side- what are they doing? If it's from one of those friends - all I can say is there be some weird definition of friendship from those people.
Unfortunately we'll never know the truth from PSH case since both parties had reached mutual agreements silently before the presecutor can give their final decisions even though from police investigations, PSH was indicted to did the rape...
An indictment is not the same thing as a guilty verdict. In Korea an indictment by the police does not have the same seriousness as an indictment by the prosecuter. The Korean police, I was told, have a certain number of days to investigate and make a decision to refer it to the prosecuter or not. As we have seen on dramas, they seem to want parties to come to a financial settlement at the police level.
In the era of information technology, there are evidence everywhere, emails, texts, videos, etc. He should just come clean with everything. I don't know anything about the laws in Korea but if he pays the victim, then he is free? There is no difference between criminal and civil law?
when you read his text....it's almost a prime example of an abuser where he hurts her then ask for forgiveness only to repeat the cycle again. A, did the right thing by keeping all these evidence because if you are going to go up against a mega star you better damn have a mountain ful of proof.
His agency was in a way pathetic in their attempt to explain. You can not ignore a text because the phone company will have it even if it is deleted. He really messed up tremendously. The part where he said that he hopes she gets that two years back made it sound to me she was miserable as if hell was with her all along.
I don't know how his camp will spin this though...they tried it once and it didn't help now that more stuff is coming out what is their next step. If I were them I would thread more carefully cause if they contradict again Dispatch might be more than eager to say Got You.
I'm just wondering what he did in those 2013 messages to ask her not to break up with him, wondering if he was cheating or some other kind of abuse ....
The man is so good looking it's too bad he is such a scumbag it's hard to even want to look at him now
This is a lesson for life: Looks are not important. The inner beauty is what really counts.
Koala,
Since you are a lawyer ,assuming A provide information and evidence to Ditpatch ( which helps public opinion understand her side and is necessary for cases like this), I wonder if she still can use these in court or KHJ's side can make them all invalid for being revealed in public.
I hope she win and he get what he deserves
Base on Dispatch it seems like she wasn't the first victim either.
No, the rules of evidence does not matter whether something is private or public in order to be admitted in trial. It does matter if the evidence is procured illegally (like if she wiretapped him to get it), or doesn't belong to her (like the texts are between him and someone else), or a variety of other factors that may make it inadmissible. The texts are between him and her and since they are not married, i.e. no spousal privilege, then she has every right to give it to Dispatch and it won't affect admissibility on that factor alone. Making evidence public beforehand usually affects jury selection, harder to find an impartial jury that hasn't already heard the facts of the case as tried in the public eye. In Korea it's judge trials so this is moot.
Got it. Thanks