Shinhwa’s Minwoo recently revealed that he was scammed out of almost $2 million, but netizens’ reactions have been surprisingly unsympathetic.
On the May 11th episode of ‘Mr. House Husband’, Minwoo made his appearance on the show. During the episode, Minwoo shared about his recent ordeal.
He stated, “Honestly, I don’t have the time or energy to prepare for marriage. I’ve been through some stuff recently.”
He claimed that he was scammed by a friend of 20 years, adding, “In the end, it was all settled. The perpetrator has been sentenced to jail, although it’s kind of still ongoing. After the incident, I cut ties with everyone. I couldn’t sleep at night. I had to take sleeping pills, which I hated. It was really tough.”
Previously, on April 10th, it was reported that a writer was sentenced to 9 years in prison for scamming the idol out of 2.6 billion won by convincing him they could help him escape sexual harassment accusations.
The idol was previously accused of molesting two women. The writer allegedly convinced the idol they knew the prosecutors in the trial and would bribe them on the idol’s behalf.
After the idol gave them the money in question, they then kept the money for themselves.
Court documents revealed the writer did not know the prosecutors at all, and the idol was found not guilty of sexual harassment claims in December 2019.
After the verdict, the writer approached the idol again and asked for more money, claiming that the prosecutors planned to appeal the case.
The idol finally filed a lawsuit against the writer after 26 months and 2.6 billion won.
The writer was then sentenced to 9 years in prison, however, the writer has appealed their case.
Following the broadcast, netizens reacted: “I guess he really thinks he is an innocent victim.”
“Well, if he wasn’t scammed then he is guilty of bribery. I can’t believe he can confidently appear on TV.”
“I hate that he abuses the word ‘gaslighting’ like this.”
“I would have kept my mouth shut.”
“I thought his cases were dropped. Doesn’t that mean he didn’t molest two women?”
“He was sentenced not guilty, not proven innocent. Which means when there is new evidence, his case can be brought back by prosecutors.”
“But that doesn’t mean he deserves to be scammed out of his entire cash asset.”
“I can’t believe he is confidently sharing that.”
“lol unbelievable.”
“Pathetic.”
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