Yang Hyun-seok Convicted of Coercing Witness in B.I. Drug Scandal
Jul 18, 2025
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Yang Hyun-seok said on the 18th that `I regret the Supreme Court's ruling, but I humbly accept it.'
Both the first and second trials were acquitted of the charges of `retaliation intimidation' that were first prosecuted, but the prosecution changed the charges to the unfamiliar name `Sammoning Compulsion' during the second trial, which led to the Supreme Court's final ruling after a long legal debate that lasted five years and eight months. In the future, I will focus on my original work in a more cautious and responsible manner," he said.
Yang Hyun-seok is accused of threatening Han Seo-hee, who reported to the police the drug purchase and medication situation of former iKON member B.I, who was a singer, to force him to reverse his statement. Han Seo-hee claimed that in 2019, the police did not properly investigate B.I. even though they knew about his drug use, and Yang Hyun-seok threatened him.
Yang Hyun-seok countered that he only called Han Seo-hee to YG's office building to confirm the facts, but never intervened in the investigation.
The first trial court acquitted Han Seo-hee, saying it was not sufficiently proven that Yang Hyun-seok's remarks, such as `It's not even a job to bury you in the entertainment industry.' In response, the prosecution appealed by adding the crime of forcing an interview to the crime of retaliatory intimidation, and the second trial court found him innocent of retaliatory intimidation, but found him guilty of forcing an interview and sentenced him to six months in prison and one year of probation. And the Supreme Court upheld the original ruling on the same day.
Next, Yang Hyun-seok's full entry.
I regret the Supreme Court's ruling, but I humbly accept it.
Both the first and second trials were acquitted of the first prosecution of the crime of threatening retaliation, but in the course of the second trial, the prosecution changed the prosecution's charge to the unfamiliar crime of forcing an interview, which led to the Supreme Court's final ruling after a long legal debate that lasted five years and eight months.
In the future, I will work hard on my original work with a more careful and responsible attitude.
Thank you.
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