Ex-girlfriend who blackmailed K-pop idol with sex video gets suspended sentence
The former girlfriend of a 26-year-old South Korean pop star has been given a one-year suspended sentence for threatening to release a sex video of them together in a bid to end his career.
The Seoul Eastern District Court sentenced the woman to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for her threats to the K-pop singer, who is still active in the scene.
She was sentenced under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (coercion using video recordings) and for property damage, according to legal platform LawTalk News on Wednesday.
The woman was also ordered to complete 40 hours of sexual violence counselling and barred from working at institutions involving children, teenagers and people with disabilities for four years.
The woman had escalated threats to the singer and also damaged his phone during an argument. Photo: Shutterstock
The couple dated from November 2020 to March 2022, according to celebrity news website Kbizoom. As the relationship started deteriorating, the woman began blackmailing her boyfriend with sex videos filmed during their time together.
Her first threat was on December 10, 2021, when she created a social media account using the singer's image and texted him the link along with a portion of a sex video involving the two, saying: 'Quit being an idol. The only path left for you is the military.'
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