Pretending to Be a Shaman and Gaslighting... A 20-Year-Old Even Fed Dog Feces

Approached via SNS for Psychological Control
Assault and Extortion for Disobedience
Arrested and Indicted on Charges Including Special Injury

A woman in her 20s who psychologically dominated a woman she met on social networking services (SNS), causing her to self-harm and eat garbage, has been brought to trial.

Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.
Photo by Daehyun Kim kdh@

The Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Son Sang-hee) announced on the 23rd that they have arrested and indicted a 22-year-old woman, A, on charges including special injury, coercion, extortion, and forced molestation.

According to the prosecution, from March to June of last year, A allegedly forced the victim, B (21), to self-harm with a knife, eat food waste and dog excrement, as well as extorted money and molested her.

A met B, who was a high school senior preparing for college entrance exams in 2021, through SNS, pretending to have spiritual powers and demanded to live together. During the prosecution’s investigation, A reportedly claimed to be a shaman.

From November 2022, when A and B began living together, A psychologically dominated B by threatening that harm would come to B’s family if she did not obey. In particular, from March to June of last year, A assaulted B for not obeying and extorted 3 million won from her.

A prosecution official stated, "We will do our utmost to support the victim so she can heal her emotional wounds and return to a peaceful daily life, while also striving to maintain the prosecution so that the defendant receives a strict sentence commensurate with the crime."

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