Ji Soo Admits Bullying and Sexual Assault Allegations From School Era 1-day After Scandal Breaks, Future of K-drama River Where the Moon Rises Uncertain

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• I don't think I can watch any of his drama anymore. I can forgive but not forget. I felt so bad for the victims.

• Sigh. When fame comes, bigger accountability and responsibility comes.
  As the saying goes, No fist can hold a Smoke, it leaks.
  I wonder how is he going to atone for his sins? Prison, pay the victims or fade into obscurity. I hope he's not going to end his life but use his remaining life to do good by helping the ones who are bullied. Perhaps he can create a center or hotline or provide legal assistance or protection to youngs who complains or suffers from bullying. Perhaps that can be an atonement. A forever mission to help the bullied.

• Bye Jisoo. Dont ever back to TV again! He actually needs to go to jail

  • In middle school, he was still a CHILD!!! This doesn't excuse his behavior at the time, but he obviously did not have enough cognitive development to overcome his cognitive and moral deficiencies. You can't blame a CHILD for this terrible behavior forever. He understands and regrets what he did wrong. There are steps he can take to overcome his unacceptable behavior, such as promoting and becoming a spokesperson for anti-bullying. Typically, children don't belong in jail!

    • He allegedly assaulted male students and ejaculated on their faces. I don’t care if he was a teen... that is completely criminal.

      I also find his apology insincere and lacking. He gave a blanket apology without specifying what his actual actions were.

    • I think if you did a little more research on his type of behaviour you would find that he was displaying traits of anti-social personality disorder. I.e. sociopathy. Its disturbing someone so young was carrying out sexual assaults on children younger than him and his own age, producing sex tapes on minors, and in addition was bullying, violent and threatening. He also manipulated those around him to do his bidding. Its likely the only thing stopping his reign of terror into adulthood was that he became an actor. Just because someone is a child it doesn't mean they are absolved of evil deeds. People need to know about his past because traits like his simply don't disappear because he became an adult. Due to the depravity of his deeds he has the potential to offend as an adult and any future acquaintance of his needs to be aware of this for their own safety.

    • Yes, he was a child. But so were his victims. They suffer trauma because of him yet he went on to gain fame and recognition for portraying "good guys." Even if he was young when he did these things, he wasn't young enough that he didn't know better.

      Who knows if he's truly apologetic or just repenting because his dirty laundry was aired. Plus, he said himself that when he gained fame, he tried to cover up his past. Anything he says now only sounds insincere and fake.
      And really, would people truly listen to a previous bully preach to them about anti-bullying? It would be "the pot calling the kettle black."

    • .....do you even know what he just admitted to??! This isn't a matter of one kid being mean or saying nasty things, it's sexual assault. And minors do go to detention when they're caught doing things like this, it's called juvie! He hasn't faced any legal or criminal consequences for his past, sure his career is toast but he's still walking free.

      I was his fan ever since Sassy Go Go. Not any longer though.

  • Talk to the victims that he sexually assault. It does not stop with just bullying!

• Wow. After reading all the things that he did...tsk tsk tsk. Yeah, his career is over.

• As i said in a previous comment, he is trending on twitter in France . It's a premiere as the only ones who made it until now are BTS and Black Pink . It's huge as fans are disgusted . They don't care about the letter and his apologize . Unfortunately, he is not the only one , others are still undercovered .

• All I can say. This is HORRIBLE.

  First for the victims. I totally can understand how they longed for justice and even when Ji Soo got the punishment he deserves, in no way can ever fully heal those whose badly affected and suffered through his bullying. There are hardly any closure for this. Still, I hope they can find peace.

  Secondly, (IF) Ji Soo really feel sorry for and repents over his pasts, its regrettable that his mistakes cut short his career. May this serve as a reminder to all of us, no matter how young you are, there is no excuse to torment and make others lives a living hell. It does not take much effort to be a decent person. I hope he move on and tries living his life as a decent human being.

  Feel bad and sorry for the while team if RWTR.

• I did not give a trial before, but from the beginning the first complaint seemed to me the closest to that of a victim. I also suffered harassment, not at school but by guys from the agency where I worked in my youth and each letter of the first complaint felt lived, especially the part in which he expressed that he was not interested in a hypocritical apology. Very few who suffered violence would accept a compelling apology.
  Harassment is not the simple act of exercising violence, the consequences in the victims attack your self-esteem, your thoughts, it is horrible.
  No one who exerts physical and mental force on others should justify himself after events such as he was young, we were all young, but we do not attack others for fun.
  It's sad, how an actor didn't seem super terrible to me, he had charisma.
  I feel sorry for the drama staff, I do not follow the drama, but I really do not see an effective way out at this point, even if they change the story the shadow of the scandal will haunt them, it is horrible for them, no person deserves to see their work ruined by actions of third parties.
  For this man to spend his life watching his past actions ruin his future - that's what I call justice.

  • I think the first victim who stepped out was certainly the most eloquent but I wouldn't say he was the closest one to that of a victim. The subsequent victims that came out to reveal they were sexually assaulted and coerced and humiliated to do sexual acts were so worse to read.

• Woah. Just woah.

  I hope the victims now heal and find strength. They are survivors with a bright future ahead of them.

  May justice and reform come for them and other victims who were hurt by bullies.

• Bullying is an act of destroying of someone's soul. School bullying is especially heinous because it is inflicted during your formative years, the most impactful period of your life. You could never undo that. I was bullied and I don't think I ever "get over" the trauma and how much it affected my self-esteem and ability to form relationships and regulate emotions. As an adult, you learn to bury the memories with time and adjust to become a functioning adult but social movement like this really makes u realize u will likely never truly get past the trauma.

  My only concern is the bullied victims. No apology can undo the trauma they suffered but I hope it helps them on their journey to heal, knowing they had successfully let the public know what a terrible human being he was and managed to attach the title "school bully and sexual assaulter" to his name.

  • Agreed! Well said! It’s nice to read rational comments here. In other places they’re all saying how he was in middle school. He should be forgiven. “Everyone makes mistakes”. & they literally feel like “bullying is a small issue”. These people who are on Ji Soos side do not realize his actions & are unaware how severe bullying is in Korea. That or they are completely delusional.

• With an ok rating and terrible writing, the drama will not be able to survive the critical eye of netizens in Korea, due to this confession. It is bullying and sexual assault for goodness sake. And if they insist on keeping him or the drama, KBS will definitely suffer, rating and reputation wise.

  • And you’re still talking about the rating

  • @Lai Pei Yee You're really talking about ratings now, huh? And using this to talk sh*t about the drama? You're disgusting. I thought you couldn't stoop any lower, but here you are..

    • and so you think a drama is more important than the network..WHAT A CRAZY FANATIC!

    • @Lai Pei Yee You're dumb as hell. Nowhere did I say that Ji Soo shouldn't be punished, I'm not even a fan of the guy lmao
      My take here is that KBS should replace Ji Soo and continue with the drama because Ji Soo is the only one at fault here, not the cast and crew who worked hard for the drama. How does it make me a fanatic? You're literally crazy, everyone in this site knows that. The fact that you're making this about ratings and stuff says a lot about you, you disgusting waste of space lmao

    • Wow this Lai Pei Yee is utterly disgusting. Imagine taking a serious issue and using it to hate on the drama. Pathetic, really.
      @LMAO Don't bother with her. Some people just want attention, doesn't matter if they have to use a serious thing like this to get it. I doubt she even cares about the victims, she just sees this as an opportunity to hate on the drama and bring in her ratings obsession. Her comment says it all.

    • @Lai Pei Yee

      How can you use this serious issue just to hate on a drama? You're beyond helpless.

      I feel sorry for the victims of bullying, I've been one myself. I feel sorry for all the cast and crew of RWTMR.

      I hope users like Lai Pei Yee will be removed in this blog. They're toxicity is just too disrespectful. This is a sensitive issue, please be mindful of your words.

    • At this point, @lai pei Yee is way worse than @joane
      What a psycho

    • Woah Lai Pai Yee suddenly being concerned with the reputation of the network. At first she is talking about ok ratings, terrible writing, and now she is deeply terrified with the impact of the issue on KBS. Can’t you set aside your selfish intentions and sympathize with the victims? The purpose of your comment smells hypocrisy