Rapper A, who has been booked on charges of illegal filming, expressed his grievance and released a "completely unfounded" statement.
A said on his social media on the 5th that he denies the illegal filming charges outright and claimed the case began after a dispute with music video director A and subsequent threats from him.
He posted a long message beginning, "In the summer of 2020 in Jeju, a shoot with the music video director was canceled over issues with the amount of footage. After the shoot ended I was threatened, and I was told to be grateful that the partially nude photos were evidence of a 'women's dressing-room hidden camera' and that they had not yet been distributed."
He emphasized that the place where his partially nude photos were taken was a production passage and a "filming space" where makeup could be adjusted, not a women's dressing room. He added, "For something to be illegal filming it needs 'intent'; in the problematic footage I was just handling the director's equipment here and there and placed it on the vanity where the actresses could all see it, and if it were a hidden camera it would have to be concealed, so the claim that it was covered with a towel is completely unfounded."
"If it had been taken intentionally, the original video would have to show a 'possession purpose' or a 'distribution purpose,' but that has not been confirmed, and the claim that I extorted and assaulted people over the video content is also completely unfounded," he added.
He said indignantly, "What hidden-camera perpetrator would use the director's equipment used in a music video shoot rather than a secretive device of their own? The director would see that footage during the review after the shoot, so who would film a hidden camera like that?" and explained, "Regarding extortion and assault, my lawyer and I will discuss and plan to indict for false accusation during the investigation."
He also wrote, "The fact that the director brought condoms and Viagra to the set as props is more suspicious and more insulting to the actresses."
A said in conclusion, "I am undergoing intensive psychiatric treatment for psychological and mental shock and have had to quit my job. I only hope the investigation will soon reveal the truth."
A is accused of installing a camera in the changing space used by a female model while shooting a music video at a resort in Jeju in June last year. A music video production staff member reported him to the police in February, and police are currently investigating him under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.
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