Entertainment Reporter-Turned-YouTuber Jin-ho Lee's Claim

Amid ongoing allegations surrounding Jeon Cheong-jo, the new spouse of former national fencing representative Nam Hyun-hee, suspicions about his marriage and childbirth have also surfaced.


YouTuber and former entertainment reporter Lee Jin-ho addressed these suspicions related to Jeon on his YouTube channel during a live broadcast on the 27th.

(From the left) Former national fencing representative Nam Hyun-hee, and her partner Jeon Cheong-jo. [Photo by Nam Hyun-hee Instagram, YouTube capture from 'Entertainment President Lee Jin-ho']

(From the left) Former national fencing representative Nam Hyun-hee, and her partner Jeon Cheong-jo. [Photo by Nam Hyun-hee Instagram, YouTube capture from 'Entertainment President Lee Jin-ho']

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In the broadcast, Lee claimed, "The core suspicion about Jeon is gender reassignment surgery, but interestingly, after this issue became public, contacts from his romantic interests, ex-boyfriends, and acquaintances flooded in," emphasizing, "Their common response is that Jeon is indeed a woman. 100% a woman."


Regarding the suspicion that Jeon has a child, he said, "Usually, unmarried women do not talk about childbirth experiences. However, Jeon often spoke as if she had been pregnant, gave birth, and was raising a child," adding, "Jeon even showed actual photos of the child."


He continued, "Upon verification, the child was the daughter of someone Jeon was very close to, to the extent of calling her 'mother,' during the time Jeon temporarily lived in Jeju Island," and stated, "She did not actually give birth. (The acquaintance) who observed her for a long time confirmed that she did not have a child. Nevertheless, Jeon claims she gave birth and raised the child."


Earlier, Lee also claimed, "There was a tip that Jeon married twice, but only registered one of the marriages."


This includes claims that Jeon held a same-sex wedding in Jeju Island in 2017, and that while serving time in a women's prison, she met a male inmate through prison pen-pal correspondence, registered their marriage in 2020, and divorced a year later.


Lee asserted, "Since we confirmed through documents that Jeon did register a marriage, her claim that she never married is not true."


Suspicions about Jeon Cheong-jo began when Nam Hyun-hee, the silver medalist in fencing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, announced marriage plans in a recent monthly magazine interview. Nam introduced her fianc? Jeon Cheong-jo as a "15 years younger third-generation chaebol."


However, after the article was published, comments alleging that Jeon is a woman and has a history of fraud started to emerge, fueling related suspicions.



Jeon is currently subject to a travel ban due to charges of fraud and attempted fraud.


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