The legal proceedings in the Lee Byun Hun blackmail scandal and trial are nearing the final wrap-up stage and this week Lee Byung Hun attended court to testify as a witness against the two ladies accused of trying to extort him for cash. The two ladies, Dahee of girl group GLAM and newbie model Lee Ji Yeon, have mounted a defense that Lee Byung Hun was trying to get in Lee Ji Yeon’s pants by buying her all sorts of presents (Lee Santa), offering to buy a condo for her, and generally doing everything that rich older married men do when trying to land a lightskirt on the side.
Lee Byung Hun’s side has denied any and all assertions that he had any relationship with Lee Ji Yeon other than trying to be friendly with youngsters in the industry as a mentor figure. Oooookay. Lee Byung Hun certainly didn’t make a persuasive rebuttal when he testified this week – when presented with the text evidence between him and Lee Ji Yeon all pointing to a romantic relationship, he told the court that it was all a joke and he didn’t even remember those texts anymore. Which basically means he admitted the authenticity of those texts and is merely claiming the contents do not mean what it means (i.e. it’s all a joke, people!). *headdesk*
Lee Byung Hun is definitely putting on his most contrite face in front of the media when he went in and out of court this week to testify. Blackmail is one of those tricky crimes where two wrongs does not a right make either way. I can’t feel bad for the two ladies who tried to blackmail Lee Byung Hun using his bad behavior, and I definitely don’t feel bad for Lee Byung Hun for doing all sorts of shady and salacious stuff to give the two ladies ammunition to blackmail him in the first place.
This case makes me feel slimy all over but at least it brings to the forefront what is commonplace in the entertainment industry – old, rich, power dudes making a play for young, pretty, aspiring gals. On a related note, Lee Byung Hun’s wife Lee Min Jung has reportedly patched up whatever needed to be worked through and is back by her husband’s side all the way. They spent a few weeks this month in LA while he worked and now both are back in Korea and she’ll be resuming her entertainment activities soon.
Since both Dahee and Lee Ji Yeon have been identified in the media, and there is no reason for their identities to be kept private since neither are underage nor are they victims of a sexual assault, above are some of the pictures unearthed of their friendship which is what led to Dahee getting involved in the blackmail even though Lee Byung Hun wasn’t trying to do anything with her. Dahee claimed she felt bad for Lee Ji Yeon with the way Lee Byung Hun played her so together they tried to blackmail him to deliver what he promised.
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So, he basically admit that they did had some sort of romantic relationship and he tried to cover it up by playing the 'joke' card. Bravo LBH, Bravo. -_-
Sooo makjang.
Cue Temptation of Wife OST.
his smug face is so irritating.
I was just about to say that. I feel no sorry for LMJ, they have the same type of aura.
Lol, what?
i second you!what a face
I really feel sad for Ms. Lee Min Jung. Betrayal by a husband in any shape of form is very painful and will somehow affect one's inner self. I hope and pray that she is strong enough to overcome all this. Fighting!!! Ms. Lee Ming Jung.
You are right on. He will continue to cheat (more carefully). She should divorce him while she is still young to remarry. Why does this remind me of the Bill Cosby current scandal, with 18 women coming forward claiming that he took advantage of them while they were aspiring and need help in the industry.
Eh, frankly I don't feel bad. I've always felt that Lee Minjung was just kidding herself when she married Lee Byunghoon. If you look at their pics together, she was the one who always worked it and he just phoned it in.
Ewww...just ewww...to dirty old men trying to take advantage of naive young girls.
Who would even believe that a married man romantically texting a twenty something girl would be a joke. It's clear there was some sort of relationship, whether anything more happened is between them, but Lee Byung Hun playing the "it was all fun and games" joke card just makes him look like a liar and a sleaze. He should just own up to leading on the girl and the girls need to know that blackmailing him wasn't the way to retaliate.
I sort of feel bad for Lee Min Jung in all of this, she doesn't deserve to be treated this way by her husband. I don't know what's keeping her in this marriage, they don't have kids yet and both are famous enough on their own so a separation wouldn't be uncommon in a situation like this. I feel like she needs to leave this toxic drama and LBH, if he cheated once he's more than likely to do it again. The trust in this marriage must be strained if not all together lost.
She's the less influential person here. As much as I feel sorry for her, she must have known of his reputation before marriage. I wonder though what still ties her to him. That is the moredisturbing thought.
Either way, since I don't watch any of his movies, I basically don't care about him. It's only because of LMJ.
What a mess
Such a vile man. Such a disturbing incident. Such a weak cover-up to. Who's going to believe text messages trying to buy your way into a young model's bed were just a "joke".
Stupid of the girls to try to blackmail him though. They probably didn't realise how powerful a figure he was... and a complete sleazeball too.
+1 to everything you said
That's the thing. What those 2 did wasn't only wrong but stupid! I think they just didn't realize how powerful he is and how nothing seems to faze him. I'm pretty sure no one buys his remorse but all is playing along. He's going to move on in his career and maybe even private life but they'll be paying the price. What they did was stupid and not worth it.
Why was it stupid? Strategically speaking both ladies may have figured that he would not dare reveal the blackmail in fear of public scrutiny and it would pay off and/or because this method may very well have been successful in the past.
It's stupid because there is no way this would not have blown up at some point – whether now, or several years in the future. Huge star with lots of power. Guy with a bad reputation, so there'll always be some paparazzi digging in his past. Marriage that could easily fall apart so, in the future, even a vengeful wife could air out dirty laundry like this to get more money in divorce settlings. Too much money and too big names involved. You can't just hide this, there'll be a crack at some point.
The girls probably just didn't realise how serious a crime their offense was, because otherwise you wouldn't do something like that.
*face palm* LMJ why did you marry this man?
If I was the Judge, I will throw away the case for a comment like that; He deserves to be blackmailed except the part where that's a crime. ..too bad for the blackmailers!
You mean he deserves to be punished but blackmail is stupid, cowardly and never lasts.
Seriously LBH and his wife is the equivalent of Tim Cruise and Katy Holmes. I don't think his wife can leave him even if she wanted to.