Cho Jin-woong / Captured from JTBC’s YouTube channel
Actor Cho Jin-woong, whose authorized identify is Cho Received-jun, is going through allegations that he dedicated critical crimes as a youngster.
On Friday, leisure outlet Dispatch reported that Cho acquired juvenile safety measures and was despatched to a juvenile detention middle whereas in highschool. The report mentioned Cho confronted a prison trial in 1994, when he was a second-year pupil, on expenses of theft and rape below the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Particular Crimes.
Citing an informant, Dispatch mentioned Cho and a gaggle of delinquent youths stole a automotive that had been left on the roadside with the engine operating, then drove it with no license whereas committing a number of offenses. The informant alleged that “Cho Jin-woong’s group tried sexual assault contained in the stolen car, and he was despatched to a juvenile facility due to the incident, spending half of his third yr of highschool in correctional custody.”
The report additionally raised allegations that Cho continued to have run-ins with police even after beginning his performing profession as an grownup. In accordance with the informant, Cho was fined in 2003 for assaulting a fellow theater troupe member throughout his time as a stage actor, and after making his movie debut with “As soon as Upon a Time in Excessive Faculty,” he allegedly had his driver’s license revoked for drunk driving.
Cho’s company, Saram Leisure, mentioned it’s “checking the information” and declined additional remark. If the allegations are confirmed, the fallout within the broadcasting business is predicted to be vital. Cho, who has typically performed righteous characters, started showing Nov. 30 as a presenter on the SBS documentary program “Chasing Borderless Crime,” which follows the pursuit and arrest of prison organizations.
His upcoming tvN drama “Second Sign,” slated for launch subsequent yr, can also be going through uncertainty. The sequence is a sequel to the 2016 hit “Sign.” Cho performs a violent-crime detective.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Occasions.
