Open World Entertainment CEO Jang Suk Woo, who was charged with counts of sexual assault against female trainees and sentenced to 6 years in prison earlier this year, has confessed to his crimes.
On November 13th, during the appeals hearing, Jang confessed to having sexually assaulted female trainees in his agency. His lawyer stated, “He pleads guilty to all charges. He will work to help the healing process of the victims.”
His side also tried to appeal to the court’s favor in order to get his sentence reduced by stating that Jang is a business man who had worked hard to spread Hallyu within China, calling one of his company executives as a witness to prove this point. This seemed to have been brought about after suspicions arose that Jang was part of gang-related activities.
This is a complete change in attitude of Jang and his legal team, as previously, they had denied the charges altogether and then later stated that although sexual relations did occur, they were not forced. However, with the latest appear hearing, Jang has now admitted to all the charges against him.
The next court session will take place on December 11th.
Source : allkpop via naver,herald
I still can't believe he only got 6 years SMFH. And how the hell can he help the victims in the 'healing process' WTF.
Because he admits he did wrong, they are no longer being called liars so that is a step fwd for them to start healing.
But of course our jails are too full of convicts from the "war on drugs" to actually lock away the people who do actual physical harm to other people.
Sorry. I've been having a lot of feelings about my completely lack of trust in the USAmerican criminal justice system, and seeing the same sort of thing happen here just made them explode.
I have some sympathy for them but that doesn't mean they should go unpunished.
But he admitted he was wrong. This is gonna help the victims and their relatives.
" He will work to help the healing process of the victims"
just stay away from the victims.