Letters by Jang Ja-yeon describe sex with 31 'devil' VIPs

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Jang Ja-yeon

Actress Jang Ja-yeon, who hanged herself in 2009, sent 50 handwritten letters to a friend detailing the names and professions of 31 prominent men she was forced to have sex with, according to a report by local broadcaster SBS on Sunday.

Yesterday, the police said it would investigate the friend, surnamed Jeon, who gave up the letters.

The case, which revealed an ugly side of Korea’s entertainment industry and enraged the public, surfaced again when SBS reported Sunday that it had obtained the 50 letters, consisting of 230 pages, that Jang wrote to Jeon, who was serving prison time for a crime police wouldn’t describe. They describe how she was forced by her former agent, Kim Sung-hoon, to entertain 31 VIPs, including a number of media, entertainment agency and business executives, over 100 times. She served drinks and provided sex.

Yesterday was the second anniversary of Jang’s suicide.

Jang had kept other records of the VIPs with the help of Yoo Jang-ho, the head of her talent agency, and a suicide note she left behind also made allegations about the VIPs she was forced to entertain. But police only arrested Kim and Yoo, saying they had no evidence against the 31 VIPs. Kim and Yoo were convicted of various offenses - defamation for Yoo and assault and embezzlement for Kim - and each received two-year suspended jail sentences and 160 hours of community service.

The 50 letters obtained by SBS were different from the records the police previously investigated.

Jang, who was 27 when she died, was starring in a hit television series “Boys Over Flowers,” in which she played one of a trio of mean girls who picked on the lead female character played by Ku Hye-sun. Jang hanged herself at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi, on March 7, 2009.

According to SBS, a handwriting analyst confirmed that the letters were written by Jang. Bundang Police asked the broadcaster to hand over the letters for further investigation.

According to the SBS report, Jang wrote the full names and professions of the 31 people who she was allegedly forced to have sex with. She described them as “devils” in letters.

“Whenever I was asked to change into a new dress, it indicated that I was meeting another devil,” Jang wrote. “I served drinks, entertained them in karaokes and room salons in Gangnam and even in Suwon.”

In the letters, Jang pleaded with her friend to help her get revenge.

Source: Kim Mi-ju @ JoongAng Daily

Comments

[xsharetheworld.livejournal.com]

[miss-lonliah.livejournal.com]

the number is just so *ugh*

[katiewenchh.livejournal.com]

ugh it's disgusting what she had to go through.

[initialc.livejournal.com]

Deeply sad and tragic that she could not live to see that these monsters get what is coming to them.

[sglitzys.livejournal.com]

Have the police made any arrests yet?

[freezing-flames.livejournal.com]

disgusting.

[itangeisha.livejournal.com]

my god i don't even.... this is indescribable.
i hope her friend will take her revenge and make him/them fall.

[ninja-starshine.livejournal.com]

this is horrible. i really hope they get the punishment they deserve.

[chaincombo.livejournal.com]

Agreed, so fucking sad

[carmendove.livejournal.com]

What makes this even more sickening is that she never got her justice.
Those assholes are still out there preying on other girls.

[absentspectator.livejournal.com]

exactly. It's sickening

[p-jae.livejournal.com]

I still have the clipping from my mainstream British newspaper about this.
She should never be forgotten and this case should never be swept under the rug by Korea media.

[tippani.livejournal.com]

Over 100 times? jfc it's not some horny CEO or member of the media, they had a complete lack of respect for her as a human being.

[violentiak.livejournal.com]

This is so damn shocking. Poor girl.
If only things were different and she could have just reveal everything instead of feeling like she had to end her life.

[cellophaneroses.livejournal.com]

Agreed...

[chomper-go-rawr.livejournal.com]

:( that is so scary and awful omg

[831panda831.livejournal.com]

I hope , I wish , I pray that they get caught and that this won't get covered up just because they have a name and money. I hope she finally gets revenge even if she's not here with us to see it.

[mediumpurple.livejournal.com]

sickening

[lapetite-indigo.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, the police said it would investigate the friend, surnamed Jeon, who gave up the letters.

wth are they investigating her friend, shouldn't they be investigating the dudes mentioned in her letter. definitely sounds like money talking to me.

[831panda831.livejournal.com]

ikr,

smfh, it really sets me on edge.

[oniwitch.livejournal.com]

That's so sad. Despite the fame it seemed like they made her nothing more then a glorified prostitute who got fame and somehow became the plaything of powerful men. The fact that she was forced would lead me to believe that she was also blackmailed into it. :'( I hope those fucking douchebags go down. I find it upsetting that no one sought to help her out of this and that it had to come down to her hanging herself. Who knows how many more girls these men are preying on. Just reminds me of the Korean actress I heard about hanging herself because of allegations that she was a 'slut' when things leaked out to the public. Sigh.

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

pretty much everything I wanted to say you said it, ofcourse in a much more articulated way than I would have, but that's besides the point. I think the most heart breaking thing is that there are so many more girls and probably even guys like her and many are too afraid to speak up and eventually the only way they see out is suicide. And I'm sure if they do speak up, there are those who won't believe them.

[fuuism.livejournal.com]

Disgusting. I hope justice will be served somehow. Mir was angry about this on twitter too.

[xfactorglory.livejournal.com]

Was he?

I hope justice is served and these men go to jail for the rest of their lives.

[cordyceps.livejournal.com]

I hate the fact that society as a whole makes women feel like they should be ashamed of being raped.

This is horrible.

[fairchilds.livejournal.com]

THIS SO MUCH.

[shadow-kitty47.livejournal.com]

Disgusting.

I really hope they go after the people she named.

[headswillroll88.livejournal.com]

I hope the friend releases the names if the police don't do anything about it. Disgusting.

The worst part is that this is happening to someone else right now.

[lapetite-indigo.livejournal.com]

... SBS reported Sunday that it had obtained the 50 letters, consisting of 230 pages, that Jang wrote to Jeon, who was serving prison time for a crime police wouldn’t describe.

unless this friend made copies and passed it around to a bunch of people as an insurance policy, I don't see that happening.

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

expose these animals

[honeyfunnybunny.livejournal.com]

.. Can somebody please give those 31 devil motherfuckers what they deserve? Seriously, arresting 2 people does not really set any consequences for this.

I hope she can rest in peace and the people who are guilty will be punished for their crimes.


Everytime i think back at her last role in the movie penthouse elephant shivers run down my spine... So close to her real life in so many ways :/

[hitsujiga.livejournal.com]

2 years and community service?! that's a joke, right? =..=
and 31 horny guys still running around freely getting served by other girls probably...i can't anymore.

[suitetwentytwo.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!! Community service?! I hope they have to work somewhere where they deal with sexual abuse victims.

[ene-de-nena.livejournal.com]

OMG. How did she allowed this nightmare to happen to her? I don't even want to think the pressure someone has to go under as to see suicide as the only way out.
Hope there will be justice for her even if it arrives too late.

[nyankee.livejournal.com]

Gross? I don't think she "allowed" it to happen, I think she was manipulated and strong-armed into it. Victim-blaming is not okay.

[nyankee.livejournal.com]

Every time I read about her, I cry. This is all disgusting.

[tyangs-icecream.livejournal.com]

THIS -.-