You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 107

You've Been Defended (1)

I received many calls from last night, when the broadcast aired, until this evening.

Not only from relatives I wondered if I had even given my number to, but also from university seniors, juniors, classmates, training institute colleagues, and elementary, middle, and high school alumni whom I hadn’t contacted often.

I couldn’t answer all the calls, but I sent simple text replies.

Ignoring them at times like this could lead to unnecessary gossip, which would be troublesome.

“Attorney, you looked great on screen!”

And the most excited of them all was, of course, Kang Min-jae.

He went to the broadcasting station’s website whenever he had a chance and replayed the part where I appeared several times.

“Weren’t you nervous? Is anchor Jin Hye-kyung really pretty in person? What’s the broadcasting station like? Did you get makeup done?”

“I already told you.”

“……Ah, right.”

“Stop watching and work.”

Kang Min-jae ignored my nagging and searched for articles online.

I also checked public opinion from time to time, from right after the news aired until the morning.

I expected that the public’s criticism of Go Jin-ah would intensify after the interview, but public opinion sometimes shifts in unexpected directions.

Even if I prepared my answers well, there are bound to be gaps, so I also wanted to check if I had said anything that went against public sentiment.

Fortunately, netizens focused on Go Jin-ah’s misdeeds as expected.

Just as we were greatly shocked when we first learned that all of this was Go Jin-ah’s doing, netizens were also in disbelief.

The ‘poor princess who loved a commoner but was betrayed’ image instantly turned into a ‘crazy bitch’.

The stock price of Yangjin Group plummeted overall, and the drop was even greater for Yangjin F&B [Food and Beverage], where Go Jin-ah was involved.

Those who had poured out harsh criticism on Jung Young-joon even left comments saying they felt sorry for him.

Of course, that doesn’t erase all the damage Jung Young-joon unfairly suffered.

“Haha, they say you’re handsome, Attorney. People are going crazy. They say they’ll come to our office for consultation just to see your face if anything happens to them.”

Kang Min-jae teased me, emphasizing opinions I hadn’t paid attention to.

I appreciate the compliments, but opinions unrelated to the case weren’t very important to me.

If I were to receive praise, I wanted it for my skills rather than my appearance, and appearance wasn’t necessarily a required quality for a lawyer.

……Come to think of it, it might be a plus factor in attracting clients to some extent.

“Isn’t it about time for Jung Young-joon to arrive?”

Now that his innocence has been revealed, Jung Young-joon is able to go out alone.

Kang Min-jae offered to pick him up, but Jung Young-joon refused, saying he couldn’t use the attorney as a driver anymore.

Since his social phobia stemmed from the stigma of being a ‘national pervert,’ he seemed to have the courage to go out alone now that the nickname was gone.

However, I was still worried that reporters who wanted to cover him might follow him and bother him.

Jung Young-joon didn’t seem to care about my concerns.

“He contacted me earlier and said he’d be about an hour late. I’m a little worried that reporters might have caught up with him.”

“We told him not to say a word to reporters without going through us, so there shouldn’t be any major problems.”

Besides, public sentiment is strongly sympathetic towards Jung Young-joon right now, so if they swarm him without respecting his privacy, critical opinions will spread like wildfire.

“Oh, I just remembered that Tae-kwang said they would quickly withdraw the divorce lawsuit because you said on the broadcast that Jung Yeon-joon had solidified his intention to divorce. Ugh, it’s annoying.”

This morning, Tae-kwang contacted us to say they would withdraw the divorce lawsuit.

Now that they had confirmed that we intended to divorce, they had the audacity to say that the rest could be resolved peacefully through discussion.

Peacefully? What a ridiculous thing to say.

Since we were proceeding with a negotiated divorce, I was planning to extract even 100 won [a very small amount of Korean currency, implying even the smallest advantage] more from Go Jin-ah, even if it wasn’t a war-like atmosphere.

Of course, it was still uncertain when we could start such discussions.

In any case, we couldn’t decide how to claim alimony until the prosecution definitively indicted Go Jin-ah.

According to reports, Go Jin-ah was investigated intensively from 3 PM yesterday to 2 AM today and then returned home.

And this morning, a report came out that exactly matched my expectations.

[Go Jin-ah claims the video was not filmed for malicious purposes, denies affair with Jo Hyun-seok]

I didn’t think she would admit it nicely from the start.

She probably denied the affair with Jo Hyun-seok as well.

I only mentioned the couple ring on News9, so she probably didn’t know that the luxury bag had also become evidence when she appeared at the prosecutor’s office.

Also, even when the prosecution presented the bag and asked if she was still denying the affair with Jo Hyun-seok, she most likely denied it shamelessly.

“Go Jin-ah will probably keep denying it until irrefutable evidence comes out, right?”

I nodded.

“The only plausible way for her to get out of this situation is to say that she knew Jung Young-joon had committed adultery and filmed it as evidence to demand a divorce.”

“But wasn’t there footage of her dragging an unconscious Jung Young-joon in the black box video? Would that explanation work?”

“She can blame that on Jo Hyun-seok. Or she could say that she received a tip that Jung Young-joon, who was already on drugs, was trying to commit adultery, and she went to check urgently.”

“That residence is under Go Jin-ah’s maternal grandmother’s name. Would that work?”

“What if she says it was a space originally shared with Jung Young-joon? She could claim that Jung Young-joon shamelessly committed adultery in his wife’s space.”

“……”

“And if it can’t be proven that the two are having an affair, it becomes difficult to prove that Go Jin-ah deliberately tried to harm Jung Young-joon. If she claims she filmed it to secure evidence of Jung Young-joon’s adultery, it wouldn’t be entirely far-fetched.”

Kang Min-jae looked at me with a very serious face after hearing my words.

“……What if she really does that? Does that mean Go Jin-ah could be released?”

I said, getting up from my seat.

“No.”

“Yes? Why not? If she argues like you, Attorney, the prosecution won’t have a way to counter it. Jo Hyun-seok could take all the blame.”

“I received a call from Lee earlier, and they found Jo Hyun-seok’s burner phone in that residence. They searched until this morning and found text messages of them whispering sweet nothings.”

Kang Min-jae stared at me blankly as I finished speaking.

“Oh, and Jo Hyun-seok apparently recorded the calls he had with Go Jin-ah while plotting to film Jung Young-joon’s video. I think he was worried about taking all the blame if this situation arose.”

Usually, professionals who handle the aftermath for ‘high-ranking people’ leave behind such evidence.

This is because they often promise large rewards but then deny it ever happened once the job is done.

There’s nothing more frustrating than risking everything and not getting compensated.

The truth of cases involving high-ranking people is often revealed in this way.

So, the first thing to do when investigating such cases is to find the means of blackmail they have left behind.

Jo Hyun-seok had already been searched once in the Ji Myung-ho gate [a previous scandal], and since nothing came out of it, the prosecution had difficulty investigating.

But since his burner phone came out of an unexpected place, there will probably be progress in that investigation as well.

Even if there wasn’t any progress, it doesn’t matter.

The two were having an affair, but Jo Hyun-seok’s feelings for Go Jin-ah seemed much smaller than Jung Young-joon’s.

If he left behind such evidence because he was worried about taking all the blame, it clearly means that his own safety is more important than Go Jin-ah and he has no intention of sacrificing himself.

Similarly, it applies to Go Jin-ah, who tried to put the blame on Jo Hyun-seok and escape.

This can be used to elicit a confession or exposure.

The two people who don’t trust each other will fall into the prisoner’s dilemma [a situation where two individuals acting in their own self-interest pursue a course of action that does not result in the ideal outcome].

“Why, isn’t it good?”

“……Why are you telling me that now? I didn’t need to worry then.”

“Just happened to. I told you now, so it’s fine.”

“No, you made someone who was feeling good anxious by saying there might be a way out, and then you said no, so I was surprised!”

Kang Min-jae shouted, feeling wronged.

“Call Jung Young-joon. See where he is.”

“He said he’d be an hour later!”

Kang Attorney yelled.

It can’t be helped.

A lawyer who takes on a big case can’t rest assured until the judge reads the order.

Even a verdict that would be decided within common sense in an ordinary case is subject to large and small external pressures when it becomes such a big topic.

Moreover, isn’t the other party the sole heiress of Yangjin Group?

That’s why I’ve always been obsessed with perfect evidence.

To argue for Kim Yeon-joon’s innocence, I found the video of Kim Hyung-joon’s crime scene.

To prove that Jung Hye-jin intentionally read Na Eun-sung’s manuscript, I rummaged through the printing house.

To get testimony that Lee Hyuk-min committed school violence against Park Jin-cheol, I revealed his sexual misconduct.

Even though they were cases where the circumstances might be recognized even without solid evidence if we went to trial and argued diligently, I struggled to find evidence.

It was a struggle to reduce the variables in the judgment as much as possible.

And this time as well, to reveal Jung Young-joon’s innocence, I secured evidence that Go Jin-ah and Jo Hyun-seok were having an affair.

It was a device to avoid worrying and a tool to increase the accuracy of predictions.

I worked to increase the speed of the boomerang that Go Jin-ah threw.

Now, all that’s left is to watch how Go Jin-ah gets hit by the flying boomerang.

You Have Been Defended [EN]

You Have Been Defended [EN]

너희들은 변호됐다
Status: Completed Author: , Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Prosecutor Cha Juhan's relentless pursuit of the corrupt Wooshin Group ended in betrayal and death at the hands of those he trusted most. But fate, it seems, has other plans. Granted a second chance, reborn as a Wooshin sniper, Cha Juhan vows to bring the entire Wooshin family to justice, no matter how many lifetimes it takes. Trading his prosecutor's badge for a lawyer's gavel, he embarks on a path of vengeance, armed with extraordinary abilities beyond human comprehension. They told him to know his place in the next life? He'll show them exactly where they belong – behind bars. Prepare for a thrilling saga of revenge, justice, and supernatural power as Cha Juhan targets Wooshin once more, turning the courtroom into his battleground.

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