On October 14, 2024, comedian Lee Jin Ho admitted to illegal gambling through his social media. He confessed, " In 2020, by chance, I started playing games on an illegal internet gambling site, and I ended up getting into debt that was hard to bear. "
After he admitted his mistake, BTS Jimin's name was also dragged into the case. Jimin reportedly suffered losses of up to 1 million won. So, is Jimin also involved in illegal gambling? It turns out, BTS Jimin suffered a loss because Lee Jin Ho borrowed money from Jimin and used it for Illegal Gambling.
Quoting from Sport Seoul, on Monday Ocotober 14, 2024 Jimin's agency, Big Hit Music explained, " It is true that Jimin suffered a financial loss, the only thing that happened was that we borrowed money using IOU (I Owe You). " According to HYBE, Lee Jin Ho approached BTS's Jimin in 2022 and borrowed 100 million won, saying he would only spend it for a week because he needed money urgently.
At that time, an IOU was used, but Lee Jin Ho did not fulfill it. According to reports, Jimin saw that Lee Jin Ho had no desire to pay back the money, so she showed mercy by saying, " Please pay it back in just 10 years. " However, it turns out that Lee Jin Ho went on to borrow money from other artists.
According to Ten Asia's coverage, on Monday Ocotober 14, 2024 not BTS's Jimin was a victim. But also Young Tak, Ha Sung Woon, Lee Soo Geun, and several other people were deceived by Lee Jin Ho's lies to lend hundreds of millions of money. The situation was made worse by Lee Jin Ho who used the name of Lee Soo Geun who was his colleague on the program 'Knowing Bross'.
Lee Jin Ho Lee borrowed money by selling Lee Soo Geun's name to people around Lee Soo Geun. As a result of this problem, Lee Soo Geun suffered significant material and mental losses, including reimbursement of money to an acquaintance in the name of Lee Jin Ho.
The more shocking fact is that the agency knew about it but ignored it. Lee Jin Ho's agency, SM C&C, knew about this issue. Lee Jin Ho was still allowed to appear in the Netflix series 'Comedy Revenge'. It is undeniable that the management was also negligent even though they knew about this issue and made things worse later on.
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