Another victim of Nam Joo Hyuk’s alleged school violence spoke up, “I have lived in pain all my life”
An additional victim accused Nam Joo Hyuk of bullying.
“When I saw Nam Joo Hyuk in a movie, it was painful because of the wounds from the past,” said an alleged victim who claimed they were bullied by actor Nam Joo Hyuk. Nam Joo Hyuk’s agency refuted A’s claim, saying, “After confirming the facts, it is groundless.”
A, who attended Suil High School with Nam Joo Hyuk, met with a Korean media outlet and recalled the school violence that they had suffered. A accurately remembered the names of those who tormented him, including Nam Joo Hyuk. A said, “During high school, I was outcast by Nam Joo Hyuk with violence and abusive language.”
A said that the bullying Nam Joo Hyuk inflicted on them continued throughout their school days. A continued, “Nam Joo Hyuk always forced me to turn on my smartphone data hotspot. He took my smartphone and used it at will. When he was caught, he submitted my phone, instead of his own, and throughout high school, Nam Joo Hyuk used my smartphone on campus more than his.”
A added, “Nam Joo Hyuk took my phone and paid for games or in-game items worth tens of thousands of won for himself. When I asked him for the money because my parents had to pay for it, I got the answer, ‘Why do I have to give it?’ He never returned the money.”
A had to get into an unwanted fist fight because of Nam Joo Hyuk. Nam Joo Hyuk called this ‘sparring’. A said, “Nam Joo Hyuk and his group stood in a circle on one side of the classroom and made a ring, and I had to fight someone I didn’t want to.” A unilaterally chose to get hit because he hated the fight that continued afterwards.
A revealed an anecdote, saying that coercive orders such as ‘bread shuttle’ continued throughout his school days. A said, “One day, Nam Joo Hyuk said to me, ‘If you buy me bread within 3 minutes, I will free you from the bread shuttle.’ So I thought ‘I have to do it,’ I went to the store in a sprint, but then Nam Joo Hyuk told me, ‘It’s been more than three minutes, so I have to keep doing the bread shuttle. And the same routine was repeated over and over again.”
A continued, “I endured bullying throughout my school days, thinking that showing myself getting a good job and living a good life would be a revenge for them.”
A added, “I also saw an article that Nam Joo Hyuk denied school violence and sued his friend (B). It hurts to think about the pain I underwent in the past, and I am living a normal social life now, but I came forward after seeing my friend being sued. It hurts so much every time I see him (Nam Joo Hyuk).”
The mother of classmate B, who first exposed Nam Joo Hyuk committing school violence, also spoke up.
B’s mother appealed, “The first article in which her son was interviewed was largely different from what he actually said. Nam Joo Hyuk’s agency is proceeding with a lawsuit without confirming the facts. They are carrying out secondary harm.”
She continued, “My son is suffering from the trauma for the rest of his life because of the bullying. The victims of school violence have been living with pain in their hearts until now.“
An official from the Blue Tree Foundation, a non-governmental organization to prevent bullying, said, “It is common in the educational field where the assailant student reports the victim to the bullying committee (both sides). It is an act of not only denying what he did, but also causing serious secondary harm to his family.”
A representative from Nam Joo Hyuk’s agency, Management SOOP, said, “We have confirmed the allegations of the informant, and all of the allegations are groundless. We sincerely ask you to understand that it is the actor and the actor’s family who are being damaged by the article.”
Source: naver
