'Eunhae Lee of "Valley Murder" Case Loses Lawsuit Over Husband's 800 Million Won Insurance Claim'

Lee Eun-hae (32), who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the criminal appeal trial for the "Valley Murder" case, lost the first trial of a civil lawsuit claiming 800 million won in insurance money for her husband's death.

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On the afternoon of the 5th, the 18th Civil Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Park Jun-min) ruled against Lee Eun-hae in the first trial of the 800 million won insurance claim lawsuit she filed against Shinhan Life (formerly Orange Life Insurance). Lee Eun-hae was also ordered to pay the litigation costs.

Previously, after her husband Yoon died, Lee Eun-hae claimed life insurance money from the insurance company, but when the insurer refused, she filed a lawsuit in November 2020. The case did not proceed for a while, awaiting the criminal trial results, but the trial resumed after Lee Eun-hae was sentenced to life imprisonment in the appeal trial.

In April, the criminal appeal court judged that "there are elements of gaslighting related to the psychological dominance relationship between the victim and Lee Eun-hae, but it is unclear whether she exercised control," and ruled it as indirect (omission) murder for deliberately not saving Yoon, who was drowning. However, the court sentenced her to life imprisonment, as in the first trial, stating that Lee Eun-hae committed two attempted murders and murder aiming for the 800 million won insurance money, and claimed the insurance money and fled without remorse. Lee Eun-hae appealed the second trial verdict and is awaiting the Supreme Court's decision.

Lee Eun-hae is accused, along with accomplice Jo Hyun-soo (31), of causing her husband Yoon to drown and killing him on June 30, 2019, at Yongsogye Valley in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province. They are also accused of attempting to kill Yoon in February and May 2019 by feeding him food mixed with pufferfish poison and making him fall into fishing pond water.

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