Singer Kim Hyun-joong presses charges against ex
Kim Hyun-joong
Singer and actor Kim Hyun-joong has pressed criminal charges against his ex-girlfriend who claims she miscarried his child after being abused by the member of boy band SS501, Kim's legal representative said Thursday.
Lee Jae-man, his attorney, said the 29-year-old lodged a complaint with the Songpa Police Station in southeastern Seoul on Tuesday accusing his former flame, identified only by her surname Choi, of four charges: false accusation, blackmailing, defamation and attempted fraud.
He has also asked the police to ban her from leaving the country, Lee said.
"Choi contradicted herself in the stories she told two hospitals she visited after allegedly being abused by Kim," Lee said. "She told one doctor she was injured at the gym while another doctor was told she had been beaten. We took this as a sign of wrongful accusation."
The scandal started last August when Choi accused the singer of abusing her and causing her to miscarry.
Kim paid her 600 million won ($515,000) to prevent her from embarrassing him publically but later realized she may not have been pregnant, seeing from the records kept at her gynecologist's office, Lee said.
Kim, however, partially admitted to the charges and was fined 5 million won in January.
Though the two seemed to have reconciled toward the end of 2014, the drama flared up again in April when Choi, apparently pregnant with his child for the second time, lodged a lawsuit against Kim to seek 1.6 billion won for psychological damage.
Kim filed a counterclaim earlier this month to retrieve his 600 million won and seek another 600 million won from Choi because she failed to keep their drama a secret as she had promised.
Kim, however, has asked the police to start their investigation after Choi delivers her child in mid-September, according to Lee.
Choi, meanwhile, could likely press her own criminal charges, including defamation, against Kim, rumors say. (Yonhap)