YouTube accuser called 'murderer' and 'liar' after studio owner's suicide

YouTuber Yang Ye-won was the object of sympathy for her tearful claim that she was forced to undress for photo shoots. Now Ye is being accused of being a murderer and a liar after the studio owner she accused of sexually harassing her jumped off a bridge. His KakaoTalk chat at least indicated Ye had asked for the shoot. ― ED.

By Grace Lee

After the suicide of a photography studio owner accused of sexual harassment, his accuser Yang Ye-won has been called a “murderer” and a “liar” online.

Her YouTube video is flooded with hate comments, such as “murderer,” and “a man is dead because of you.” There are more than 120,000 comments.

“Wow, so pathetic. You kill a person like that? Do you not feel guilty?” wrote a user. The post has 194 likes.

Another viewer wrote, “This is the video that caused a man to take his own life. Everyone, be careful.”

Yang posted a video on YouTube in which she talked about being sexually harassed. She claimed she was locked in a studio after being tricked into a modeling job and that 20 men harassed her.

The studio owner had previous KakaoTalk chats in which the accuser asked multiple times for reshoots after the initial shoot.

The owner said that any incidents were consensual.

After the accusatory video was released, many people blamed the studio owner and hoped that Yang would get justice.