Yoon's Wife 'Kim Geonhee Cohabitation Rumor' Lawyer Says "Mother Has Dementia... No Personal Relationship"

Lawyer Yang's side: "Mother did not understand the question and rambled"
Yoon: "Will take the strongest legal action against malicious false reports"

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Kim Gun-hee, wife of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, denied rumors that she had lived with a former senior prosecutor Yang (currently a lawyer), but a claim from the prosecutor’s mother contradicting this was reported. However, Yang’s legal team issued a rebuttal statement saying, "There was no personal relationship with Ms. Kim."

Earlier, the YouTube channel Open Sympathy TV released an interview video with Yang’s mother on the 26th. In the video, the mother claimed, "She called me 'mom,' called herself 'daughter,' and lived calling Lawyer Yang 'older brother,'" and added, "I need to completely settle things with my son, but he betrayed me and went to another man."

When asked whether former President Yoon knew about the relationship between Ms. Kim and Lawyer Yang before marrying, she said, "How could he not know? He must have known," and added, "That’s why former President Yoon, who married knowing this, must be crazy."

Photo by YouTube, screenshot from 'Yeollin Gonggam TV'

On the other hand, Ms. Kim denied the cohabitation rumors in an interview with Newsbus, saying, "There was no time to live together," and asked, "Is that prosecutor stupid?"

Yang’s legal team also denied the allegations. In a statement released on the 27th, they said, "There was no personal relationship with Ms. Kim," and explained, "The reporter led the questions with intent, and (the mother) did not properly understand the questions and rambled incoherently."

They also rebutted, "Open Sympathy TV and others not only unilaterally visited the 94-year-old mother’s home but also approached her with lies, saying they came for a fortune-telling, and led her to give the desired answers." Regarding the mother, they said, "She is elderly, has difficulty moving properly, is hard of hearing, and shows signs of dementia."

Meanwhile, former President Yoon, when meeting with reporters that day, responded to questions about the Open Sympathy TV report by saying, "You should objectively verify that. If someone said that, you can check whether it is true or false."

The Yoon Seok-yeol campaign stated, "We will take the strongest legal action against malicious false reports," and added, "Open Sympathy TV and Gyeonggi Newspaper deceived the 94-year-old former prosecutor’s mother by hiding their identities and induced false statements." They continued, "This is not just a violation of journalistic ethics but 'unfilial reporting' and a serious criminal act."

They further stated, "There was absolutely no illicit relationship between Ms. Kim Gun-hee and the former prosecutor A, and the apartment mentioned in the interview was purchased with personal funds and has no connection to former prosecutor A," calling the claims "groundless." They also said, "We will take the strongest legal action against the publication of such vile false articles that deceive an elderly person and are beyond words," and "We plan to take legal action against those who republish such malicious false reports that destroy a person’s character."

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