The owner of a car rental company has been convicted after extorting money from an idol couple using a private video captured on the rental car's black box.
According to legal sources on the 18th, Judge Gong Woojin of the Incheon District Cour sentenced Mr. A to 8 months in prison with a 2-year probation and 120 hours of community service for charges of blackmail. This ruling has been finalized.
In February last year, Mr. A rented a van to a female idol through his rental company. While checking the black box after the vehicle was returned, he discovered footage of the female idol engaging in an intimate behavior with a male idol from another group.
Mr. A decided to blackmail the victim and sent a text message asking, "What did you do in the backseat yesterday? Don't you think that's too much?"
He then mentioned the male idol's group name, saying, "If you won't admit it even after I said this much, there's nothing I can do." Mr. A demanded money, saying, "The car cost 47 million KRW to buy. Just give me half first."
The blackmail didn't stop there. Even after receiving money twice, Mr. A continued the threats a few days later. He pressured the victim by mentioning the black box, "That's being recorded in real-time. It's all there," implying he would leak the video if he wasn't paid.
Terrified, the victim eventually transferred a total of 9,793,000 KRW over three transactions. Mr. A was charged with blackmail. Under criminal law, blackmail is established when a person threatens another to gain financial benefit, punishable by up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to 20 million KRW.
The court noted, "Mr. A committed this offense while already under probation from a previous sentence."
However, considering that most of the extorted money was returned to the victim and the defendant admitted to the crime and reflected on his crime, the court sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence. The judge said, "The sentence was determined considering the severity and the amount of money extorted."
1. [+37][-1] Since rental cars are not your own, make sure to format the black box before returning the vehicle. You never know what might have been recorded, not just video but also audio.
2. [+31][-1] He committed a crime while already on probation... And the court still gave him a suspended sentence?ㅋㅋ
3. [+32][-5] Seriously, why would you do that in a rental car that is borrowed by many people? Go get a room.
4. [+22][-3] It seems like it wasn't just a simple skinship, but a sexual activity. That's why they paid him.
5. [+21][-6] ㅋㅋ If it was just a kiss, I don't think they would paid him. What did they do?? They even rented a van for that?ㅋㅋㅋ
6. [+15][-2] So, who is it?ㅎ
7. [+20][-8] Exactly... Why would you do it in someone else's car?
-I really hope those idols never get exposed...ㅜㅜ
-Oh Gosh.. Why live your life like that?
-The fact that he immediately checked the black box because he knew she was a celebrity. That's creepy.
-Trying to blackmail someone for money with that? What a pathetic human being.
-Disgusting. Can you even call someone like that human?
-Ugh, people who are curious about who it is aren’t sane either.
-But seriously, what could they have been doing in the backseat for him to demand half the car's price?
