Heo Woong’s ex-lover “manipulated data again… “I plan to sue friends who reported false information”｜Dong-A Ilbo

Ms. A, the former lover of basketball player Heo Woong, said that “the information is fabricated” and she said she would sue her former friend and informant for defamation over the rumors about her private life.

Mr. A’s legal representative, Attorney Noh Jong-yeon, said in a statement on the 8th, “The issue in this case is that the girlfriend, who was about to have two abortions, was angry at her boyfriend’s attitude, such as ‘Even if you have a child, you should consider getting married.’ ” “The question is whether remarks such as ‘If you are going to do this, give me 300 million won’ and ‘Let’s die together’ constitute blackmail and threats?” “Three days.”

Lawyer Noh claimed that “secondary damage to private life that is unrelated to the essence continues,” adding that “Heo Xiong’s side has raised multiple suspicions about Mr. A’s private life, which are fabricated suspicions.” At the same time, he claimed that part of the content of the video on the YouTube channel “Caracula” where Heo Xiong appeared was manipulated.

Heo Woong, who appeared in the YouTuber’s “Caracula” video, revealed the subtitle containing the contents of the KakaoTalk message, saying, “Mr. A was bragging to his friends that he had received a black card from a man.”

In response, Lawyer Noh countered, “The person speaking on KakaoTalk (in the video) is not Mr. A,” and “This is the conversation content on KakaoTalk between Mr. B, who reported the relevant content to YouTube, and his friends.”

He said, “Hoo-woong’s side called it a report from Dispatch and posted an investigation report document written by the Incheon police, saying ‘Mr. A’s statement that she is not a businessman is wrong.'” The quote in the actual article was because “the police did not prepare the document properly without conducting an internal investigation with the intention of citing it as supporting material to criticize the report that simply exaggerated the scale (of the case) without verifying the basic facts,” he explained.

Lawyer Lu said, “Xu Xiong’s side deliberately excluded the content of the article, only took photos of the investigation report, and tampered with false data into credible (media) data,” adding, “According to the official investigation data of the investigation agency, Mr. A’s occupation was confirmed to be an artist” This will happen,” he said.

Lawyer Noh said, “Our stance on taking severe action against secondary crimes has not changed,” adding, “First, we plan to file a lawsuit against Mr. B, Mr. A’s former friend and informant, who spread malicious false information for defamation.”

Heo Woong is the eldest son of Heo Jae (59), who is known as a “legendary basketball player” and is the leading player who led the Busan KCC team to the top of the 2023-2024 professional basketball championship. His younger brother is Suwon KT’s starting guard Heo Hoon. Both brothers are basketball stars with a huge fan base, and they took first and second place in the All-Star fan voting.

On the 26th of last month, Heo Woong filed a complaint of threats and attempted extortion against Mr. A. The two met through an acquaintance in 2018 and became lovers, but after breaking up and meeting again several times for various reasons, they are said to have broken up in December 2021. Ms. A became pregnant twice while dating Heo Woong, but had abortions both times.

Heo Woong’s side explained the reason for taking legal action, saying, “After the breakup, Mr. A threatened to reveal details of his private life to the media and the club and demanded 300 million won in payment.”

Dong-A Net reporter Choi Jae-ho cjh1225@donga.com