You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 108

You Have Been Defended – Episode 108

[Ms. Go Jin-ah and Mr. Jo Hyun-seok, who appeared at the prosecution, claimed each other as accomplices and evaded responsibility. However, the prosecution indicted both of them as principals.

Ms. Go and Mr. Jo insisted that they were not having an affair from the time they first appeared at the prosecution, and when accurate material evidence was revealed, they suddenly changed their words and tried to shift responsibility to each other.

In addition, while deceiving the public as described above, they showed no signs of remorse. The prosecution expressed its ambition to realize judicial justice by proving all the charges in court.]

The screen on the upper right of Jin Hye-kyung’s display enlarged, filling the television with Jo Hyun-seok’s mini-homepage.

His post also included photos, but they were all mosaicked [blurred], making it impossible to discern the content.

However, the text he included was clearly readable.

[I’m writing this after having a drink.

It’s true that I loved KJA.

I admit that it was a relationship that shouldn’t have happened.

But she planned everything, saying we could meet comfortably if she divorced her husband first. Seeing her trying to put all the blame on me, I’ve completely lost affection…

I’m really tired…

I’m sick of you and your legal team making me look like even more of a scumbag every time I’m called to the prosecution.

KJA… let’s go all the way.

Honestly, I’ve lived like a real piece of trash, but you’re just as bad a bitch. ㅋㅋ [Korean slang for ‘lol’ or laughing]

I’ll tell everything to the prosecution.

How fake your image was.

And what you were hiding.

No matter how powerful your family is, you’ll definitely end up eating prison food…]

The post was still on his Cyworld [a popular Korean social media platform in the early 2000s], and today’s visitor count exceeded 500,000.

There were also many comments.

Most of them said that even though he was also trash, they would support his exposure.

Seeing that the post is still up, it seems he really intends to bring something to the prosecution.

People were already speculating about what Jo Hyun-seok would reveal and waiting for the prosecution’s announcement.

And so was I.

“The situation is turning out interestingly, isn’t it?”

In my previous life, the prosecution, unable to find out anything, was played by Jo Hyun-seok.

I remember that the prosecutor in charge of Jo Hyun-seok at that time was someone other than Lee Ye-jin.

I didn’t know that the ship would sail so smoothly just because the captain changed and the waves were different.

“I wonder if he contacted the prosecution?”

“Who knows.”

If it hadn’t been for the variable of proving Jung Young-joon’s innocence, Jo Hyun-seok might still be playing with the prosecution.

Of course, I don’t think it was entirely Jo Hyun-seok’s plan, but I think it proves to some extent that he has high thinking ability.

In the first place, if he were a stupid guy, he would have remained just a third-rate pimp before even reaching high-ranking officials or chaebols [large family-owned business conglomerates in South Korea].

From that perspective, I think that Jo Hyun-seok’s use of Cyworld, a light medium, without going through a lawyer, is also part of his calculation.

Jo Hyun-seok has occasionally posted his photos and writings on Cyworld, expressing his feelings in writing.

Of course, it was so cringeworthy, but let’s move on since that was the trend in 2009.

Now, Jo Hyun-seok is claiming that he only filmed Jung Young-joon’s sex video because he loved Go Jin-ah and was seduced by her whispers.

Jo Hyun-seok is appealing that he is having a very difficult time due to his betrayal of Go Jin-ah, and is indirectly appealing for his innocence by exposing Go Jin-ah’s remaining crimes.

In addition, by revealing that he wrote the post emotionally after drinking, he gave the impression that it was a moment of impulse that revealed the truth without filtering it.

Just looking at the post, Jo Hyun-seok seems like a guy who was used by Go Jin-ah.

Moreover, the typos here and there to show that he really drank alcohol were also quite plausible devices.

I am sure that Jo Hyun-seok was 100% sober when he wrote that post.

After that post spread, some people started saying that Jo Hyun-seok was also a poor guy.

And the more that happened, the more Go Jin-ah was becoming a ‘crazy bitch’.

Jo Hyun-seok orchestrated it so that all eyes were on Go Jin-ah, whose image had already deteriorated, and he succeeded.

“Even if Go Jin-ah is in a hurry, I don’t like neglecting the divorce issue? I want to call and stir her up just to make me feel better.”

I said, looking at the news screen.

Kang Min-jae chuckled and waved his hand.

“You’re showing your personality, lawyer. But we have to wait. We decided to watch leisurely, didn’t we? Hehe. I’m having so much fun.”

“Yeah, let’s wait while popping popcorn.”

“Popcorn? Should I go buy some now?”

Hmm, did the metaphor ‘popping popcorn’ not exist at this time?

It’ll be less fun if I explain this.

“It’s just like watching a movie while eating popcorn at the theater, so it means we’re enjoying this case like watching a movie. As an audience member.”

“Ah…….”

Some time has passed since it was revealed that Go Jin-ah and Jo Hyun-seok were the real culprits who filmed Jung Young-joon’s video.

In the meantime, it wasn’t that there was no contact from Go Jin-ah’s side at all.

Taekwang said, ‘The divorce cannot be discussed in depth due to the widely known issue of Go Jin-ah, so please wait.’

Anyway, they would have formed a criminal defense team separately for the prosecution, and the divorce would have been handled by a divorce specialist defense team, so it was a poor excuse.

As expected before, I didn’t hate waiting because the divorce negotiations would be possible only when Go Jin-ah’s position became somewhat clear.

“Lawyer, you have a phone call.”

At that time, Kang Min-jae handed me my cell phone.

The caller was Lee Ye-jin.

I thought Kang Min-jae would make a fuss again for not sharing information quickly with him, so I answered on speakerphone.

“This is Cha Joo-han.”

-Cha, congratulations.

“What good news is there again?”

-Did you see the news? Jo Hyun-seok said he would expose Go Jin-ah.

“Ah, I saw it. I was wondering what it was about.”

-Jo Hyun-seok handed over Go Jin-ah’s nominee assets [assets held in another person’s name to conceal ownership]. It’s huge. It’s about a trillion won [approximately 750 million USD]. I heard it’s data obtained through a close broker.”

A trillion won in nominee assets.

This was something I hadn’t thought of.

Kang Min-jae was also unable to close his wide-open mouth.

“That’s considerable.”

-That’s right. It’s like a string of sausages. I have to find out more, but it seems to be funds created after marrying Jung Young-joon.

“Will Go Jin-ah admit that the assets are hers?”

-I don’t know.

It is not known whether she will admit it or not.

However, if she admits it, she will be charged with tax evasion, and depending on how the trillion won was created, she may also be charged with illegal fund creation, breach of duty, or embezzlement.

Moreover, the most interesting thing is that since these assets were created after marrying Jung Young-joon, they are included in the property division.

Depending on the source of the funds, it may drop to half of half after deducting various expenses, but it will be much higher than the expected amount of property division.

What if she denies the funds because she is afraid of various charges and property division?

Then Go Jin-ah won’t be able to eat that money either.

-I called to tell you this. I have to go in now.

“Thank you. You’re working hard.”

-What hard work, it’s so much fun. Then I’ll hang up now. Let’s see each other after the case is over!

The phone call ended, and Kang Min-jae couldn’t hide his excitement.

He quickly put on his jacket and ran towards the door.

“Where are you going?”

“To buy popcorn.”

* * *

Before I knew it, time had passed, and the trial of Go Jin-ah and Jo Hyun-seok was a month away.

A lot has happened in the meantime.

Not long after Jo Hyun-seok revealed Go Jin-ah’s nominee assets, Go Jin-ah revealed Jo Hyun-seok’s sex bribery list.

Just as Jo Hyun-seok used a broker to hold her weaknesses, Go Jin-ah also held Jo Hyun-seok’s vital points.

Anyway, as the list was revealed, Jo Hyun-seok, who was ‘maybe a poor guy’ for a very short time, became ‘the same crazy guy’.

Some of those on the list who had interests intertwined with the Yangjin Group were excluded, but even so, there were influential figures from the political and business world included.

Go Jin-ah didn’t want to be the only bad bitch.

Looking at the progress of this case, a famous line from a famous drama in my previous life comes to mind.

The Korean War was nothing compared to this.

As Jo Hyun-seok’s sex bribery list was revealed, all sorts of high-ranking officials and chaebols went in and out of the prosecution.

Some of them were acquitted due to lack of evidence, but there were also those who were dismissed.

Whenever people gathered, they talked about the Ji Myung-ho Gate [a fictional scandal named after the first person caught].

There was even this saying.

There were many worse guys than Ji Myung-ho, but unfortunately, Ji Myung-ho was the first to get caught, so the case was named ‘Ji Myung-ho Gate’.

[Lee Joo-young, the eldest son of Lee Jung-chan, the leader of the Minwoo Party, appeared at the prosecution as a witness at 11 a.m. today. Idol trainee A, who was mobilized for Jo Hyun-seok’s sex bribery, testified that she saw Lee Joo-young at the sex bribery site, but the Minwoo Party strongly denied that the statement was true.]

“Wow, Lee Jung-chan’s son also received sex bribery?”

Kang Min-jae turned up the radio volume a little more and said.

I shrugged my shoulders.

Lee Jung-chan, the leader of the Minwoo Party.

The next president.

In my previous life, the Minwoo Party succeeded in regaining power through a quick tail-cutting despite experiencing the Ji Myung-ho Gate.

It overturned the expectation that the Liberty Justice Party, the first opposition party, would be superior in the election and was elected by a narrow margin, so there were many opinions that it was unexpected.

But Lee Jung-chan’s son is involved in Jo Hyun-seok’s sex bribery case.

At this point, a year before the presidential election, the bleeding will be significant.

Depending on the results of the prosecution’s investigation, I don’t know how much blood will be shed, but even a small wound is a wound.

As much as he was elected by a narrow margin, he might be narrowly defeated.

“It’s really amazing, amazing.”

“Focus on driving.”

“We’re almost there anyway. You can see it over there. Taekwang.”

Kang Min-jae pointed to the high-rise building in front of him with his chin.

I nodded and leaned back in the car seat.

Finally today, we are entering the final stage of the divorce case.