Scandals in South Korean entertainment run the gamut from most serious involving felony crimes to the so inconsequential it shouldn’t even be labeled a scandal which involves stars dating. Yoochun’s problems this week actually went on a downgrade sliding scale, which could be good for him, except it still remains firmly on the scandal meter so in the end it’s not good at all for his professional and personal reputation even if he doesn’t have to worry about any police investigation forthcoming.
After being accused of sexual assault earlier this week, Yoochun’s accuser has dropped her charges, but with it more information has come out that puts Yoochun as a john who didn’t pay for services rendered and oh my lord is this just embarrassing to write about. Yoochun was at a high end bar salon that also dabbles in additional second floor services between consenting customers and bar hostesses, except the sexual activity in question occurred in the bathroom of the private salon, and reportedly Yoochun left without paying her which led to sexual assault allegations since if she didn’t get paid then she didn’t consent.
Yoochun has returned to work in the police station where he’s serving his public service military duty as he was exempt from active duty due to his asthma. He was swarmed by reporters and had to do the head lowered face covered walk of shame, but at least it wasn’t a perp walk so I guess yay for little upsides? Legal analysts in Korea are discussing how Yoochun’s agency likely paid off the accuser, or paid her if you ask me, whatever one calls payment for services rendered between consenting adults. I’m having a hard time believing that even the most diehard Yoochun fan is okay swallowing this shenanigan and chalking it up to oppa made a mistake. Other than getting into an analytical discourse on the legality or morality of prostitution, I just think it all seems so absurd for Yoochun to tank his hard built career on something so tawdry as this. Long sigh.
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*sigh* I just.....I'm disappointed in him. I doubt he can recover his hard built career and if he did, it'll take a miracle.
No wonder these men doesn't want to get married. They just pay someone. Also, if you have asthma, shoold you stop smoking too.
They don't even wanna to pay the sex worker, that's the problem.
Eww..
If u got it, u got to pay for it boy.
By the way, the hardcore fans are saying he's in a wrong place at the wrong time.
That's...delusional.
I want to understand those fans, being a fangirl myself, but I'm glad not being into borderline delusional. Anyway, this what happens when you don't allow your oppas to have girlfriends.
it will take some time... his career path will not be the same... but I can still see him coming back as a villain or a psychopath(acting I hope). He is talented, regardless of what he does in his spare time.
"if she didn’t get paid then she didn’t consent"
Did she say this? Either way, it holds no water. If she didn't give consent to sex then it's rape. If she consented to sex but did not get paid, then it amounts to being 'cheated'. Unless she demanded to get paid first, YC didn't pay but went ahead with sex then it's rape.
Gosh, this sounds so terrible. If it is true, can he sink any lower? If she is lying then what a way to utterly destroy his image!
Yes! Never imagine him in that light. I just think buying sex is so cheap (my personal opinion so no need to jump on me anyone). I never really like his acting to begin with but he started to grow on me because I could see he was genuine, dorky, and worked hard. Now with this news coming out, it's just shattered (his image, that is). sigh.
In US, if costumer didn't pay prostitute with her/his service considered rape. But in Korea, prostitution itself is Illegal, so there's no law that state his action is crime. Others stating that he is violating military service, go to room salon when active duty but as he is serving public service duty, he can go anywhere he can as long he abide the curfew to go home before curfew. So in the first case, he actually not doing anything illegal.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending. He still a trash, and I don't understand people who defend him. He's using his asthma so he can get special treatment, yet he still smoke then go to high end bar. He's utterly trash. It's just even though the DNA of the semen found in the girl proven to be his, he still not breaking any law. Just his image sink to the bottom of the world.
The only thing that can throw him to the jail is the second accusation, if it is proven to be true. Because according to the girl statement, she is not giving any consent at all. Even though she is prostitute, she is not consent to the sex. This is rape. That's why, the second accusation making him get investigated again, and that's why CJes respond to this accusation more harshly than the first. They're going to sue the girl for defamation if her statement proven to be false.
" But in Korea, prostitution itself is Illegal, so there’s no law that state his action is crime."
I didn't know prostitution is illegal in Korea. If she consented to sex and got furious afterwards because he failed to pay then that's really the best scenario, isn't it? However, it doesn't change the fact that she was cheated and he's a scumbag.
You are right about the second accusation being worse since she was clear that she didn't give consent. I just wonder how she's going to prove her case since it's been more than half a year.
Another woman accused him of rape today. This is not ending yet
http://www.soompi.com/2016/06/15/breaking-second-sexual-assault-allegation-filed-against-park-yoochun/
Sigh.I am not a rabid fan so don't get me wrong when I write this.
But seriously- if the 2nd one is a rape then wow there is a pattern. If it wasn't it is still the same sort of establishment.
Are celebrities nuts in indulging in these risky behaviours? I presume a ordinary citizen wouldn't be outed.
But that's another clean cut image down. Surely dating a female and then being caught by Despatch staying over at his/her place is less scandalous then paying/ or not-paying for sex? In which case it's rape when it's non consensual.
Does he have a bathroom fetish?
I admit my first thought is that the 2nd case might be an opportunist who saw the chance to cash in on his scandal. If this is the case, she's taking a lot of risks. Either she is very desperate with nothing to lose or she is telling the truth.
I don't think he was nuts nor those who were caught in similar situations. No one is totally oblivious of the risk. It is like gambling. They just figure they would take the pleasure at the moment over the 'tiny' risk involved. Too bad, they lucked out. Some might be so unlucky to be caught in their first foray while some get caught after many. If I were to speculate further, most never get caught at all which probably embolden these people to take the risk.
I keep reading that idols must not have bf/gf or keep a very pristine image. I think it's just an excuse especially in YC's case. Surely, he is different from those very young kpop idols who are just starting out and living under strict controls by their agencies. What is wrong with him dating?
He wasn't nuts nor those before him. They simply decided that the risk was worth taking given the pleasure of the moment.
I don't buy the excuse that being a celebrity or kpop star means one is so suppressed that he has to find such outlet for his desires. YC is not a young kpop idol living under a tyrannical agency or one who's just starting out. So what if he dates? The paparazzi and fans might be a nuisance to his privacy but it is not as if his career would tank. Some couples even enjoy bigger popularity than when each was single.
Feel bad for him. Should he made the payment to the hostess in the first place, he wouldn't have gotten himself in trouble and be publicly shamed.
I think the very problem with most celebrities is that they think that all women want to bed them just because they are adored by so many and popular. That was the same case with Park Shi Hoo, he thought that girl wouldn't mind him bedding her when she passed out when the fact is that, everyone has their choice and preference.
I wouldn't mind to kiss and make out with Lee Jun Ki but I definitely would run away even if Lee Min Ho offer me the opportunity (Okay, I know this is impossible but I am just quoting an example here). Bottom line is, everything need to be consensual. Yoo Chun thought that it's okay for him to walk away without paying thinking that the hostess had won a jackpot by having *** with him or may be he forgot to pay?
Too bad, I guess he's better getting ready to flush his once promising career into the toilet and I am sad that him, being a promising actor tarnishing what he worked for just like that. I really have no idea how he could recover from here. Just wishing him well.
I do think they prob think since they are celebrities or hot guys - women will want to bed them?
But if she's a hostess, I guess not getting paid sucks! Who cares if you are park too chun or what not. Either way, it sucks for him. I mean - first u do sex in a bathroom at an adult establishment (I hear all the hearts breaking) and then u don't pay?! Woah
He forgot to pay twice? Or more? The worse thing is that the second accusation came from the same entertainment bar. And also happened in the toilet.... Geez! He likes doing it in the toilet or he just wants to escape paying for services rendered. He's such a disgusting human being! Having XXX in the public toilet and refusing to pay!!!! He's a SCUM.
Your comment made me laugh (really honestly and not meant at being sarcastic) when you said he likes doing it in toilet.
Well, he may have his fetish side which none would have expected. Yoo Chun always look like a good serious guy to me so this fetishness of his really surprised me but I am not supposed to judge him.
Like I said, these celebrities tend to be so caught up with them being celebrities that they enjoy free goodies and thinking they have the rights to everything, to have sex with or without consent and to think that all girls are privileged should they have sex with them. Celebrity-dom obviously have made them lose touch of the real world.
weird your first thoughts are feeling bad for him..and PSH too it seems.
I don't think OP is expressing pity for PSH. OP is saying they feel sorry for Yoochun for being dumb enough not to pay what he was supposed to and get into this mess. The PSH comment is about how celebrities seem to think they are above needing consent, which possibly leads to them committing despicable acts because they assume no one would say no to them.
Your reference of LJk and LMH is so out of blue. LOL...The analogy cracked me up. Sorry! I'm not supposed to laugh in the midst of someone else' plight, regardless of him being a celebrity or not. Just feel sorry for him and his parents.
Since you speak korean, is this real?
Apparently, it's a recording of him speaking to his stalker fan, and people said it's sleazy but I dunno. Hoping it's not.
http://m.pandora.tv/?c=view&ch_userid=wawwaw8&prgid=s44887804
I read from a comment that she's a sasseng fan and he told her that if she comes meet him, he'll give her a gift and that he also prefer pretty sasseng. At the time of the recording, she was only 19 in Korean age (about 17 in International age). So, I guess you can say he was grooming her for sex.
http://kpopkfans.blogspot.com.br/2016/06/phone-call-transcription-of-yoochun.html
he was trying to sleep with an underage and obssesed fan;
Why cant he just find a girlfriend? Even it will blow as dating scandal, he will have a healty relationship. He has good image generally, and his fans are matured enough to accept him to have girlfriend...sighh
He doesn't find a girlfriend because he enjoys the power he has over those prostitutes and fans. He isn't into this only for sex.