Gang Byeong-kyu and Shin Jeong-hwan expressed their regret over the incident involving singer Kim Gun-mo.
On the 24th, a video titled "Endless Rumors and Scandals" was posted on the YouTube channel "Channel Gojanghae."
In the released video, when asked about "the most shocking celebrity scandal," Gang Byeong-kyu mentioned, "I was close to Jeong-hwan, and I was also close to our brother Gun-mo. This is an event that I have never heard of and never expected."
In response, Shin Jeong-hwan asked, "Aren't you actually very close to brother Gyeon-mo?" and Gang Byeong-kyu recalled, "At that time, I was running a personal YouTube channel focusing on current affairs and fact-checking. I met with prosecutors and police, and there were things that just didn’t make sense."
"So I wanted to clarify this once. I had my phone forensically checked to see if there were any messages or phone numbers exchanged with that woman. There were none. There were no messages exchanged. So, this person, in fact, Kim Gun-mo, does not remember this person," he said.
Shin Jeong-hwan also noted, "Brother's house was completely devastated, almost to the point of destruction," adding, "What the general public is most curious about is that if this happened in the room, brother Gun-mo wouldn't let that woman out and would have confined her, right? It wasn’t structured that way. If she just opened the door, there were many people outside, and if she came out crying and said, 'Please help,' that’s the part that most ordinary people found ironic."
Then Gang Byeong-kyu said, "This is what brother Gun-mo's younger sibling claims, and I also agree with it. The reason I brought this up as the most memorable and shocking scandal is because, in the end, the result was a not guilty verdict. After ruining people's lives and blowing up their families, our national singer was buried, but in the end, it was not guilty," he expressed indignation.
Shin Jeong-hwan also expressed regret, saying, "Even now, many do not know. There are people who know about brother Gun-mo's innocence. Now, everyone knows that such an incident occurred, but I don’t think half of them know about the not guilty verdict yet."
Gang Byeong-kyu stated, "In the end, this case was about money. Money was the start of the scandal, and it was also the end, demanding money. Since they couldn’t get money, it led to public disclosure. The agency and the artist, when it comes to unearthing the truth, if the revenue they could earn is greater, if the threat of money is at this level, then the manager or the artist might just pay off and move on. I think these kinds of people, like cockroaches, are the ones threatening the artists."
Meanwhile, Kim Gun-mo was embroiled in a sexual assault scandal in 2019. An employee of a nightlife establishment, referred to as A, claimed that Kim Gun-mo sexually assaulted her in 2016. After A filed a complaint against Kim Gun-mo, it escalated to a legal dispute beyond mere allegations. When the controversy broke out, he stepped down from his appearances on "My Little Old Boy" and paused his activities.
Two years after the complaint, prosecutors made a decision not to indict Kim Gun-mo. A appealed this decision, but it was dismissed again in June 2022 after a year. A then filed for a re-examination once more, but this was also dismissed, ultimately leading to the final rejection of the sexual assault allegations against Kim Gun-mo. As a consequence of this incident, Kim Gun-mo divorced pianist and composer Jang Ji-yeon after two years and eight months of marriage in 2022.
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