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Kim Jung Hoon, the brother of BLACKPINK member Jisoo, has been in the news recently for multiple alleged crimes, and that controversy has dragged Jisoo herself into it to the point where she had to address it publicly.
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All of this initially started a few days ago when a female streamer came forward with allegations of sexual assault, and that the alleged perpetrator was related to a famous girl group member. Soon after, news used a picture that made it quite obvious it was about Jisoo’s brother.
The streamer told the police that Mr. A had purchased a “dinner date voucher” worth around ₩3.00 million KRW (about $2,030 USD) to have dinner with her. After the two had drinks together at a restaurant in Gangnam, the man took her home, promising that he would not initiate any sexual contact. However, Mr. A then attempted to sexually assault her.
Furthermore, it was revealed in the complaint against Kim Jung Hoon that the alleged victim believed he was involved in a blackmail attempt by a third-party to release illicit photos of the alleged victim to the public unless she dropped the sexual assault allegation. Kim Jung Hoon denied the charges.
Another disturbing factor is that this isn’t the first time he’s been accused of behavior like this, as back in May of last year, he was accused of secretly filming a woman during sex. He denied that as well, though I didn’t see anything further come of it.
Unfortunately, that’s really only the half of it, as Kim Jung Hoon’s wife then stepped forward and accused him of physical and emotional abuse. In the post, she provides pictures of the injuries she suffered as a result of his assaults, described him as extremely controlling over everything she does, and raping her.
He repeatedly demanded sex by force. He demanded sex more than twice a day. Even when I resisted and clearly did not want to, he forcibly removed my clothes and had sex with me. As a result, I repeatedly suffered from vaginitis and cystitis, and even after going to the hospital, I could not recover because the forced sex continued. He also forced me to have anal sex.
As the story spread and Jisoo started to get criticism (and her fans started complaining about that to the alleged victims), both accusers stepped forward to ask people not to attack Jisoo over it and focus on the brother.
Shortly after, Kim Jung Hoon’s wife posted an additional accusation that he was married once before, and that relationship ended in divorce due to his abuse as well. She also said people from an unnamed company came to her house and that she’s scared.
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Now, aside from people using this horrific story of abuse for the purpose of fanwars and anti stuff, one reason people were calling on Jisoo to respond was due to an apparent connection between his company and Jisoo’s company, Blissoo. A reasonable ask, as some fans likely didn’t want their money to directly benefit him in any way.
Moments ago, Jisoo’s legal representative issued a clarifying statement about the controversy. In it, they say that the events are unrelated to both Jisoo and her company, and that Jisoo has lived apart from her family since a young age and was not aware of his private life.
They go on to address the rumors circulating about his ties to her company, clarifying that the company is independently managed without connection to family, directly denying rumors suggesting the company was jointly established or managed by her brother.
Furthermore, while the artist did receive some limited advice and assistance from family members as intermediaries during consultations in the process of establishing BLISSOO, no family member has ever received compensation from BLISSOO or participated in its decision-making, either then or now. Since that time, the company has been operated with complete independence, entirely separate from any family involvement.
In particular, claims that have been circulating in certain media and online, to the effect that “the individual and the artist founded the company together” or that “the individual is an executive or CEO of BLISSOO,” are entirely false. We make it explicitly clear that the individual in question currently has no legal or managerial relationship with BLISSOO of any kind.
Furthermore, BLISSOO and the artist are not providing any financial or legal support to the individual in question, and have no plans to do so. We are also not engaged in any communication or involvement with the individual in connection with this matter.
Obviously it’s likely still going to be a mess for her, and people will have their opinions on her side of things, but Jisoo coming out and essentially cutting ties with her brother in a public manner is about as well as she can do under the circumstances.
