"'It Is True That I Was Sexually Assaulted' - Former Mistress of Construction Businessman in 'Villa Sex Bribery' Case Confirmed Not Guilty"

Final Acquittal After 12 Years of Trials in First and Second Instances
'Kim Hak-ui Villa Sexual Bribery' Revealed During Litigation Process

The false accusation case of sexual assault by Yoon Joong-chun, a construction businessman who was the former lover of Kim Hak-ui's ex-deputy minister of justice, which triggered the scandal, was concluded as not guilty by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court's 2nd Division upheld the original ruling that acquitted Yoon's ex-lover, who had filed a complaint in 2012 requesting an investigation into Yoon's sexual assault charges but was later prosecuted for false accusation.

Construction contractor Yoon Jung-chun. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Yoon's ex-lover filed a counter-complaint claiming that after Yoon's wife accused her of adultery, she was sexually assaulted multiple times by Yoon and extorted of about 2.4 billion won.

Accordingly, the prosecution decided not to indict Yoon on the rape charges and only prosecuted the ex-lover for false accusation.

The first and second trial courts found that there were several circumstances suggesting that the ex-lover had unwanted sexual relations with Yoon at the time of the incident, and judged that it was difficult to recognize the false accusation charge as guilty regardless of the prosecution's non-indictment of Yoon. The Supreme Court also saw no problem with the lower court's judgment and confirmed the acquittal.

During the mutual accusations between Yoon and his ex-lover, the existence of the so-called 'villa sexual entertainment video,' which triggered the investigation related to former Deputy Minister Kim Hak-ui, was revealed to the public.

In 2006-2007, allegations arose that Kim, then a high-ranking prosecutor, received bribes and sexual entertainment from construction businessman Yoon at a villa located in Wonju, Gangwon Province. In March 2013, shortly after Kim was appointed as the first Deputy Minister of Justice under the Park Geun-hye administration, the so-called 'Kim Hak-ui video' allegations surfaced, and Kim resigned six days after his appointment.

The first investigation team of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, including former head of the violent crimes division Yoon Jae-pil (now a lawyer), conducted a non-public investigation of Kim once in November of that year and closed the case without charges. The problematic sexual entertainment charges were dismissed due to the statute of limitations.

On the other hand, Yoon was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison and fined over 1.4 billion won for charges including providing sexual entertainment to famous figures including former Deputy Minister Kim, and the ruling was finalized by the Supreme Court in 2020.

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