KUALA LUMPUR: More sordid details have recently been revealed with regards to Korean actor Kang Ji Hwan’s ongoing sexual assault scandal.
According to Soompi, KBS’ Entertainment Weekly aired an episode that focussed on the testimonies of the two victims in the unfortunate affair.
The episode saw the victims’ legal representative talking about what the two had said about that particular night.
The representative also revealed screenshots of text messages that Kang Ji Hwan’s manager had sent the two.
They included statements such as, “This will end as soon as an article with an ‘official apology’ comes out” and “If you guys go to court and you’re photographed, what are you going to do about that?”
The two were threatened as well with: “We have evidence that is damaging to you (the victims). Kang Ji Hwan has lost everything. He’s already going to be punished, so he isn’t afraid of anything. The things you’re going to be dealing with will be even scarier from now on.”
According to the representative, the two women had gone to Kang Ji Hwan’s home for a farewell party for one them and that eight people were there initially.
But after everyone else had left, the actor kept them around and told them that he had something to say to them. He added that he would call a taxi for them at a later time.
Kang then opened a bottle of champagne and started playing a drinking game where he asked them sexual questions that they didn’t want to answer, so they had to drink instead.
The representative added that they later went to sleep in a room by themselves but, “one of them suddenly felt that someone was touching her body. When they opened their eyes, Kang Ji Hwan was there without any clothes on.”
The legal representative added that the victims plan to take legal action against the malicious comments surrounding them.
Apparently, reporters from the show had actually gone to Kang’s house to verify the victims’ claims that they did not have cell phone reception at the time.
The show confirmed this when they found it hard to get a signal since the house was situated in a remote location.
Kang is currently suspected of sexual assault against the two outsourced staff members who were at his home on July 9.
Police had detained the actor on the same night at his home in Gwangju on suspicions of rape and a warrant was filed for his arrest on July 12.
The actor admitted to the majority of charges on July 15 and the police have said that they intend to forward his case to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.