"Lee Min-woo, extortion of 2.6 billion won" Broadcasting writer reversed the original sentence of 9 years in prison...Why?

Lee Minwoo [Yonhap News]

A broadcast writer who stole 2.6 billion won by deceiving Lee Min-woo of the group Shinhwa, "I will clear the sexual harassment case," will be tried again.

Today (27th), the Supreme Court reversed the original ruling, which sentenced a TV writer identified only by his surname Choi to nine years in prison and ordered an additional 2.6 billion won (approx.

This is because it is judged that the act of transferring money intercepted from Lee Min-woo to one's account is an "unpunitive ex-post act" accompanying fraudulent crimes and cannot be additionally charged.

Choi extorted a total of 1.6 billion won in June 2019 by deceiving the prosecutors by saying, "I will let you be cleared because I have connections within the prosecution," even though he was not close to the prosecutors when media reported that Lee Min-woo was booked for sexually harassing two women.

In December of the same year, Lee Min-woo was found to have swindled a total of 2.6 billion won by approaching again, demanding more money, saying, "There is a problem," and stealing 1 billion won in bank loans as collateral for Lee Min-woo's house.

Both the first and second trials found Choi guilty and sentenced him to nine years in prison.

Lee Min-woo recently appeared on KBS 2TV's "Salim Nam" and said, "I was mentally dominated. He also expressed his feelings, saying, "I tried to make an extreme choice because of the shock." Choi was said to have been a friend of Lee Min-woo's sister, which made him even more surprised.


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