Anchor Kim Ju-ha mentioned the horrific violence she suffered from her ex-husband and recalled even being subjected to a drug investigation.
On the 19th, the MKTV Kim Mi-kyung TV channel featured anchor Kim Ju-ha, who opened up about a range of experiences, from divorcing a husband who inflicted domestic violence to returning as a writer after 17 years.
Earlier, Kim Ju-ha shocked audiences by revealing on her talk show that she married after her ex-husband hid the fact that he was already married, and that during their marriage he committed affairs and violence, and even abused their son by hitting him.
Kim Ju-ha, who brought up things she had not been able to say on air, said there were many injustices during the two years and nine months of the divorce lawsuit, noting, "I still have debt. I am a working person and the i-dle are growing up and there are many expenses, and even if I started from zero now it would be negative, but I started from a negative 1 billion won so I still have debt. I have never received a single won in child support. He has never once come to see the children. I think it's because he is overseas. He is American," she said.
Regarding what she feared most after the divorce, she said, "I don't care, but I worried what if the i-dle want to see their father. The first child still vividly remembers being hit, so he gets angry when his father comes. The second child heard from the first. When told, 'If you were older you would have been hit,' he was so shocked he said, 'I don't want to see a father like that.' He has never once mentioned his father. I don't stop them from talking about their father. I let them talk comfortably, and when I say, 'But he's still their father,' the children tell me, 'Mom, get a grip,'" she said with a laugh.
Recently, Kim Ju-ha turned her own experience of domestic violence into a book and published an essay after 17 years, saying, "I briefly wrote about drugs in the book. Because this friend got caught, I also had to go to get a drug test," which surprised listeners. Her ex-husband was previously investigated by police on suspicion of smoking marijuana.
Kim Ju-ha confessed, "They had to pull out 150 strands of my hair and collect my urine. Even though I had entered police stations throughout my career for reporting, I had never entered one to be investigated. A female officer held my hand and stood in front of the restroom. She watched to see if the urine was collected properly or if someone mixed someone else's sample. It really hurt my pride."
She continued, "But that morning he clearly came in around 6 a.m. and asked me to come to the police station for a moment. When I went to the police station, that happened. My mind was boiling, and just an hour before he came in saying, 'Did you come home again at this time?' as he threw things and assaulted me. After that he told me, 'Honey, come to the police station.' People didn't know about these things so I just kept quiet," she revealed.
Kim Ju-ha also said, "But because he was so annoying, when my ex-husband said at the police station that he would call a lawyer I asked, 'Why call one? If you're innocent the test will be negative,' and then he suddenly hugged my head and kissed me while saying, 'It's not for me, it's for you.' He meant that because I'm a public figure he would have the lawyer block things so that it wouldn't be revealed when I was investigated at the police station. In that sense he hugged me and pecked my crown," adding, "How creeped out must I have been. But the drug investigation unit looked at me with such envious eyes. Because I had that experience, I know there are many men who commit violence without it being obvious," she recalled, drawing sympathy.
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