1-Year Prison Sentence Requested for Kang Yong-seok Who Coerced Dodomom into False Accusation

Prosecutors: "Betrayed professional ethics for personal greed"
Defense: "Once blinded by passion, deeply remorseful for affair"

The prosecution requested a one-year prison sentence for attorney Kang Yong-seok on charges of coercing the famous blogger 'Dodommom' Kim Mina, with whom he had an extramarital affair, to file a false accusation.

On the 13th, at the sentencing hearing presided over by Judge Lee Jun-gu of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 18, the prosecution asked for a one-year prison sentence for attorney Kang.

Attorney Kang Yong-seok [Photo by Yonhap News]

The prosecutor stated, "The defendant, as a lawyer, betrayed professional ethics and incited false accusations for personal gain, which reflects the severity of the crime." Attorney Kang said, "Honorable Judge, I ask for lenient punishment."

His defense attorney said, "He deeply regrets not thoroughly examining the matters he should have as a lawyer, failing to uphold ethics properly, and being blinded by an extramarital affair at one time. Please consider all circumstances and show leniency."

He also pointed out, "If Kim Mina had properly disclosed the facts that she had received significant amounts of money for medical expenses and alimony while ending her long-term economic support relationship with Mr. A, it is questionable whether the accusation would have escalated from special injury to rape injury."

Attorney Kang was prosecuted on charges of inciting false accusations for urging Kim, with whom he had an extramarital affair in 2015, to accuse her ex-husband, Mr. A, a head of a securities company division, of rape causing injury.

This came to light when the online entertainment media Dispatch released messenger conversations between Kang and Kim in 2020. The media raised suspicions that Kang had coerced Kim into making false accusations to receive a settlement.

In the released conversation, when Kang said, "I wonder if it could be considered rape causing injury," Kim replied, "Would it be rape? Because I would have to lie when giving testimony." Kang responded, "It doesn't matter whether it was rape or not. (Mr. A) must have tried to touch you," to which Kim said, "Not at all."

Kim testified in court on June 14 that attorney Kang had coerced her to make false accusations against Mr. A to extort a settlement and that she had never been raped or sexually assaulted by Mr. A.

At the sentencing hearing that day, Kang's defense attorney claimed regarding the Dispatch report that "it was illegally leaked against the parties' will and reported in a manner aimed at 'killing Kang Yong-seok.'"

The sentencing hearing will be held on the 6th of next month.

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