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Open World Entertainment CEO, Jang Seok Woo, has been charged with rape and child protection law violations. However, the male idols involved will not be charged with rape or any other crime due to a technicality.
The Women/Children Criminal Investigation Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office charged Mr. Jang for rape and violation of child protection laws. According to prosecutors, the CEO had sexually assaulted several female trainees under his agency from 2010 to 2012.
So he’s being charged with rape, and I’m guessing this doesn’t get brought forward unless the case is legitimate, especially considering how rarely sexual abuse cases are even tried.
Although the CEO was indicted with raping the female trainees, the accusation against the CEO of forcing male idols to participate in the sexual assault has been dropped, as the prosecutor’s office was not granted the authority to indict.
A representative from the prosecutor’s office explained that as the female trainees did not try to escape the situation nor were they prevented from moving by force or threats, the case involving the CEO and the male idols did not fall under rape. Instead, it would fall under the use of authority and power to enter into sexual relations. Since cases that fall under such a category must be reported within one year of the occurrence, the prosecutors were not given the authority to indict the CEO on the charge of forcing male idols to sexually assault the trainees as the time frame had already passed.
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Open World Entertainment Sex Abuse Scandal
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So basically, the male idols weren’t charged with anything because:
1) The girls didn’t fight back enough to call it rape.
Does it surprise you that it’s a legitimate excuse in Korea? It shouldn’t.
2) The rape wasn’t reported within a year, so basically they got off on the basis of a statue of limitations.
A technicality, essentially.
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Just because you’re not guilty doesn’t mean you’re innocent.
Called the not fighting back enough thing…
I guess its got too big for them to let the CEO off..and given that there were underage chicks involved..
but its still only being charged. I wonder if he will be convicted.
Yes, yes, you called it.
So they weren’t charged, we will never know which members were involved… but I still hope X-5 is over and no one supports them. They just deserve for their careers to be over.
Because you know that they’re guilty? Because you were one of the victims? Because you saw it?
That said, I watched the one mv of theirs that was on my hard drive and it sucked, so yeah, their careers deserve to be over lol.
You don’t know that yet.
If I was living in Korea and ever raped or seen it happened, they better have their accounts wide open to keep me quiet. Or else they have to hunt me down, because I would tell it all! -sigh-….I’d be dead lol
just hire a hitman or something.if you wait for these people to help you, chances are you’ll end up insanely insane trying to plead your case and boggle your mind in their outrageous technicalities.
…what?
they did not try to move or escape the situation? isn’t this because they were drunk and drugged? if i drug and make someone drunk to the max and i enjoy beating them and cut their parts,would i be acquitted there too by saying they did not move and complain enough?
Unless they changed it in recent years, if a woman passes out from being drunk and a man rapes her, she is basically at fault for being drunk.
No… that is not right. If a girl is drunk, that would be rape cos she is incapable of defending herself or saying no.
It’s not her fault that she got drunk – anyone can get drunk. But it’s his fault that he used it to his advantage to get his way with her.
I’m not saying how I think it should be, I’m telling you how it is.
then,if i really did what i describe above,could i really use this logic as my defense? or is the law will be different because the victim is a guy?
It’s possible, but I’m not sure why you would seriously want to rape anybody.
what? i didn’t say that!how can a woman rape a man who is drunk and drugged?
i just make that comparison to ridicule the logic of their law..it’s like saying if i would take your eyeballs out when you are unconscious,then i wont be held accountable for the act since it is your fault you didn’t stop me.
@ Xu
I don’t think that is biologically possible… for a woman to rape a drunk man. If he’s dead drunk I don’t think he would be able to have a reaction. So biologically not possible :-)
@Canto- yes it is not. it is a sarcastic question,,the issue is korea’s reasoning here.but anyway,,each country has one or a handful of outrageous reasoning in their law.
@Canto … that’s some of the dumbest shit i ever read
@ Spanky
I mean passed out. If anyone’s passed out he should be dead to the world.
I agree… some or much alcohol would enhance the experience. If a guy is merely drunk he is perfectly capable.
Hmz, I rem one of my guy friends tell me that guys don’t get so drunk that they pass out and can’t remember what happened last night like girls. So maybe you are still right after all…
Find out the names of the male idols, and proceed to ass rape???
Vigilante Justice!!!
you’ll do it?
Im not gay.
But it depends…..does he has a nice ass, is my imagination strong enough to visualize a women during the ass rape, did he drop the soap.
i thought you mean you would volunteer for the sake of justice???!!
My name isnt Bubba and Im not 300 pounds LOL
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really?so that’s the required qualifications..
DAMN I wanted this fucker to get slammed so hard and be sent to butt pounding prison for a while. But its looks quite grim and this case will solely base on whatever evidence or any sexual misconduct even existed.
The fact prosecutors claim because those said trainees did not immediately file for rape charges against Woo. The evidence supported by the claim of ‘force’ is undetermined without the physical evidence to back this up.
Thus giving the impression that those said trainees who claim ‘rape’ had a choice since they weren’t even force into the situation. In other words they had a chance to escape and chose not to just like they didn’t report the alleged assault(s).
The only thing the defense could slam Woo was on abusiveness of power which lead to intimidation . Again I don’t know much about Korean sexual assault laws but if Woo was an American. He would most likely get probation or nothing. The victims can try to sue him in civil for ‘damages’ other than that he wont spend a day in jail.
NO, based on just the basic evidence on this and the fact that some of these girls were minors….it doesn’t matter if they could prove that they tried to run or fought back….this would be jail time.
Abuse of power is the least of his problems. Sexual molestation, sexual assault, rape, endangerment of a minor, giving alcohol to a minor, coercion the list goes on. Probation? Please.
Yeah, the minor part would get him fucked for life in America.
Sex offender registry.
That is not true soliciting alcohol to a minor is a fee depending on the age of the minor. You’re thinking of soliciting sex or prostitution. Which registers a person as a sexual offender and jail time but not alcohol. It is the lessor of his charges.
Yes there is such thing as statutory rape under the age of 16 in the U.S or depending that state recognition of consensual sex.
But since Korea has a statue of limitation of rape. This makes the case quite grim and disappointing. So those follow molestation (depending of time frame) endangerment of a minor could also be lesson since he confess.
What I am understand that the defense has little physical evidence or a paper trail (police reports) to back the trainees claim of sexual abuse. His charges seem base on what he is willing to confess to the Seoul District Courts and how this is link of recalls and allegation of sexual abuse by the victims.
In other words I have a sneak suspicion Woo is getting off on a damn plead bargain. The United States do this especially to serial offenders. If he is part of a child sex trade, molestation and prostitution ring. They would want whom ever is responsible, leader or all parties involve.
I believe some 90% of legal cases handle in the United States are finalize by a plead bargain. I wonder if the Korea is the same.
Woo only on piece of a very bigger disturbing picture. The police can not control this behavior. So whom ever is involve especially a CEO like himself could give valuable information to catch others.
Thus its an agreement between the Korean police and that CEO but its isn’t the justice the people want.
wow theres some enormous assumptions in there.
Like all things in the US it depends on the state…but serving alcohol to a minor does carry a jail sentence.
If it is a one time offense…okay a fine. But if as a result of this offense bodily harm came to a minor or someone else ..you will be in jail. One lady got about 15 days in jail because she served drinks to teens at a party trying to be cool mom..and some kid got head injuries after a drunken brawl broke out.
In FL it is punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. If the minor suffers a serious injury or dies as a result, the person would also face a first-degree misdemeanor and more jail time.
As for everything else..I was talking about US laws. I already know Korea rape laws are fucked up. In the US it does not matter if he confessed or apologized..he’s going to jail. Yeah if it is ring and this person cooperates with the police, that will help him…but he is still going to jail. Maybe 10 years instead of 20. Either way…they are not letting him go. Who cares..he’s off the street. And if and when he goes get out of jail…he is forever on the sex offender registry and is monitored by police. But this is America….I’ll leave Korea to their BS..where a person apologizes and they get probation or some other bullshit. pft.
Not true, in the US an underage person can have consensual sex with an adult and the adult will still be charged with rape b/c the other person was underaged. There would be tough penalties. Example, girl 15 boyfriend 19, kids have sex. Angry parents find out about it and call the police, guy is going to get charged with statutory rape and will have to register as a sex offender.
Damn Korea, this makes me sad.
I think the amount of years between the minor and adult is limited to an average of 5 years… but it depends on what state you live in.
Yeah, there’s a certain gap that’s allowable, which only makes sense.
In some states, they’ve had to change it because 18-year-old boys were being arrested for having sex with their 17-year-old girlfriends.
lol.
get off..
im sure they dis
Let me shorten the message this send: sorry you got raped, but really….it’s probably your own fault. And you probably wanted it.
Nice. It must be great to be a man in Korea.
This doesn’t make sense.
The CEO is charged with rape because he is the circus master, but the other male idols whom had sex with the girls…?
The technicalities are just technicalities. They will just argue with what they have to get them off.
It’s just not right. Unless they mean that the male idols are also victims, to a lesser degree as the girls.
Otherwise they are accomplices to the CEO in the same situation.
CEO is charged with rape because he participated.
Two words: COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.
Also, why is the statute of limitations for sexual assault-related crimes only one year in Korea? They lifted it for victims under the age of consent (13 years old, or 14/15 Korean age) but for anyone older than that it’s ONE year?
Some people who are victims of sexual assault spend the rest of their lives in therapy trying to overcome the mental and emotional trauma they experienced, yet Korea places a one year time limit for them to report it.
They have a year to report it, they have longer once they do.
Depending on how severe the trauma, it could take more than a year to even speak be able to speak to someone about it, much less report it to the authorities.
Korean law absolutely does not take into consideration the emotional or mental state of a victim. It’s probably somehow related to the fact that Koreans generally view things like depression as cause for shame… but seriously, things need to change.
How is it that it is the victims who feel insurmountable shame and the perpetrators who commit these disgusting crimes get to walk free? This isn’t even limited to just rape either. Cases of domestic abuse aren’t taken seriously either. I feel sorry for women in Korea, tbh. :/
Agree.
Could take years to get the courage to come forth with it.
Agreed.
Give it time.
Korea just recognized male-on-male rape as a crime.
It must be great to be a man in Korea.
Pretty much the whole continent of Asia.
Yup.
it is great to be a man almost anywhere really not just in korea.this things are happening across the globe and there were much worse cases that we don’t pay attention to it now because it is not relevant to kpop and that is our focus today-korea.but this case is tame compare to other countries. i’m sure there were tons of cases in your countries that is comparable to this.
*these *country
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Well since we were talking about an incident which took place in Korea, that’s why I said ‘In Korea”. However, you’re right disgusting men/people are everywhere in the world.
Much more inequality in Asia than in America/Europe.
It’s not even close.
This really has nothing to do with this article but could you please review this post: http://www.allkpop.com/2011/12/past-photos-of-snsds-jessica-without-makeup-attract-interest and comment on these pictures?
It’s obvious she had plastic surgery and all but wtf she looks like a total man. Just want to know your thoughts on it considering you have interesting opinions, to say at the least.
http://static.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/20121231_snsd_jessica1.jpg
No. That’s stupid. All of these cosmetic surgery accusations are retarded because stupid people think even the slightest perceived differences in one’s face can only be attributed to surgery. Heck if I showed netizens pictures of myself from the past few years they’d think I’d have to have gotten surgery as well.
Not that I’m denying some idols so get work done but these accusations are just the product of horny 40 year old netizens who spend all their free time fapping to pics of their favourite idols so much they have memorized every facial feature.
In conclusion platic surgery posts are dumb (unless its like painfully obvious)
:( Aww, she do not look like no man. W/o the makeup, she seems like your everyday person you might see at the store or something (she looks older though). I didn’t bother to read the article, but how old are those pictures? If we’re talking a year or two, she may of gotten “a little here or there” to look better. Oh, and some good ‘ol makeup. Nothing wrong with that. It’s irking that people makes it a problem tho.
She looks like a meth addict. D: She needs to get some sleep and eat a cheeseburger.
It’s like five months old.
Those Jessica pictures are from 2007 during her debut days.
You’re all making assumptions about the particulars of this case without knowing what actually happened or even what evidence was actually presented and the articles are just full of general statements.
He’s already admitted to certain charges. I’m sure we’re in the clear to be judging him.
So those boys are going to get away with rape/sexual harassment.Wow Korea just wow. Rape victims in Korea can get no breaks,instead they are victimised even more by the system.
This shit is scary.
We still dont know the details so its still kinda hard to judge anything.
We do know that the idols wont be persecuted and the likelihood of more details being released about what happened especially with the idols is slim.
What also know that rape victims in Korea really get the short end of the stick,i am not well versed in the Korean justice system but from what ive just reread it doesnt look like there is much justice there.
I mean we dont know the details of what actually went on. None of us know what went on in that room. We have no idea if it was actually rape or not.
Agreed on your second paragraph..
Not too sure I’d be upset about a kpop idol raping me. Unless it was gorilla man or Shindong. *shudders*