Police step up probe into molested Youtuber's case

Yang recounts her experience of being coerced and molested in a nude photo shoot. / Screenshot of the YouTube video

By Lee Suh-yoon

The police are stepping up their investigation into a photo studio that allegedly coerced young women into posing nude for photos and sexually assaulted them in the process.

Police officers searched the studio and the manager's residence and car, according to Mapo Police Station, Sunday.

Police also put a temporary travel ban on the two alleged perpetrators sued by the victims.

Last Wednesday, YouTuber Yang Ye-won posted a video on her channel Beagle Couple, tearfully recounting her experience of being harassed into posing nude while doing a part-time model gig in a studio near Hapjeong Station, Seoul, three years ago.

The photos were later uploaded to multiple porn sites earlier this month.

Yang said she decided to share her story to prevent further exploitation by such studios. Yang's video has gained over 4.4 million views.

A day after the YouTuber's allegations, her acquaintance Lee So-yoon and 18-year-old minor Yoo Ye-rim came forward with similar allegations.

"There are many studios like this in Hapjeong," Yoo said in a Facebook post last Thursday.

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