Noh Hee-ji Refutes Allegations Of Involvement In Song Ha-yoon’s School Violence
Actress Noh Hee-ji directly denied the rumors that she was involved in the school violence of controversial actress Song Ha-yoon
On April 4th, Noh Hee-ji posted on her SNS, saying “I received a lot of comments and DMs since early in the morning, so I was wondering what they were talking about. I saw people mention, ‘Banpo High School 88 celebrity = Noh Hee-ji’. That’s not me”.
She added, “Moreover, that celebrity was not even from Banpo High School”.
Song Ha-yoon was embroiled in a school violence controversy due to a revelation by JTBC’s “Crime Chief” on April 1st. An informant revealed that Song Ha-yoon slapped him for 90 minutes when he was a middle school student in 2004.
Later, YouTuber Lee Jin-ho caused a stir when he claimed that there was another famous celebrity involved in Song Ha-yoon’s school violence. Since then, netizens have been guessing the identity of that celebrity based on the clues “Banpo High School” and “born in 1988”.
As some people pointed out Noh Hee-ji, the actress cited a comment by Lee Jin-ho, saying “The celebrity was a student from another school at that time”, and denied the allegations.
Noh Hee-ji made her debut in the entertainment industry with a MBC drama in 1993. Later she also appeared in various dramas such as “Jumong”, “Arang and the Magistrate” and “Listen to My Heart”.
In the meantime, Song Ha-yoon’s agency admitted to some parts of the school violence revelation, and the informant continued to release more claims. On April 2nd, a day after the school violence scandal broke out, the agency admitted to Song Ha-yoon’s forced school transfer but denied the school violence allegations raised by JTBC.
