A bit-part actor who was sexually assaulted by people including broadcasting industry insiders died by suicide, and the actor's sibling also took their own life out of guilt for introducing the bit-part work; a petition calling for the truth to be revealed has gained consent from more than 40,000 people.
According to the National Assembly public consent petition board, as of 9 a.m. on the 6th, 41,020 people had consented to a petition titled "Request for a hearing and special counsel regarding the group sexual assault case of a bit-part actor."
The petitioner, a person surnamed Cho, posted the petition on the 26th of last month and said, "We want the circumstances under which the complaint in the bit-part actor sisters' suicide case was withdrawn by public authority, the circumstances under which the victim was turned into the perpetrator, and the background of the suicides to be revealed."
If a National Assembly public consent petition receives consent from 100 people within 30 days, it is disclosed to the public, and if it obtains consent from more than 50,000, it is referred to the relevant standing committee.
According to the petitioner, victim A was raped and sexually assaulted about 40 times from Aug. to Nov. 2004 by 12 people including an extra cast team leader.
In the same year, A reported the perpetrators to the police, but the police conducted face-to-face questioning in the same space and took repeated statements 30 to 40 times, they said. Threatening calls from the perpetrators continued, and A ultimately withdrew the complaint.
After withdrawing the complaint, A, who had been receiving psychiatric treatment, ultimately made an extreme choice. Six days after A died, the sibling also took their life out of guilt for having introduced the part-time extra work. Two months later, the sisters' father also died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
The petitioner said, "A once-harmonious family has been left with only the mother, who continues a lonely fight to demand apologies from the 12 people who committed sexual violence and molestation and from the police and prosecutors," and added, "We request a National Assembly hearing and a special counsel."