Iron Assaulting His Ex-Girlfriend
At the end of 2018, at the Seoul Central District Court, Iron was found guilty and sentenced to a year of prison time after his ex-girlfriend’s appeal. The court had previously found him guilty of all charges and sentenced him to 2 years of probation and 80 hours of community service, with 8 months of prison time if probation is broken.
As previously reported, Iron is said to have beaten his ex-girlfriend’s face after she refused his demands during sex. When she attempted to break off the relationship 15 days later, he choked and beat her, causing injuries and fracturing her left pinky finger. He then threatened her by stabbing himself with a kitchen tool and then telling her that if she called the police, he would tell them she stabbed him.
Iron is also making headlines for refusing to apologize to his ex-girlfriend. The final result was 1 year in prison for assaulting and blackmailing his ex-girlfriend after his appeal trial.
In April, 2019, the YouTube channel, ‘Update Olympic,’ met with Iron during his community service time and chatted about his career, controversies, and more.
In the interview, Iron claimed his girlfriend requested that he hit her. Regarding this, Iron said, “At the time (of the interview), I was very emotional and I only thought from my perspective. (I told the reporter) ‘To be honest, she told me to hit her first. So I did.‘ I don’t think I was reflecting on my actions then. I unintentionally gave her pain because I had to take responsibility for a relationship that I didn’t want to be responsible for. The misunderstandings, suspicion, and loss of trust grew and led to such a displeasing incident.”
He was also dealing with the marijuana controversy before. He has an ‘open-minded’ view about marijuana, saying,
“I still think marijuana is medicine.” He continued, “Life is hard. Alcohol and cigarettes are the true drugs. We’re even taught that way (in school). Marijuana grows in nature. They banned it in the U.S. because of tax reasons, and people have a negative perspective towards it. I personally want to encourage marijuana use. I think marijuana is a gift from God that society needs. I hope hip-hop musicians become brave and spread the truth. Of course, hardcore drugs like heroin is bad and it leads down a path to killing your life.”
C Jamm’s Drug Scandal
Rapper C Jamm was sentenced 1 year and 6 months of penal servitude, 2 years of probation, 80 hours of community service, and 40 hours of attending a drug education program. The sentence was handed down by Judge Lee Jun Chul of the Suwon District Court.
The judge found C-Jamm guilty of all drug charges based on his and witnesses’ confessions, and stated, “As an artist gaining great attention from the public, he gave a negative influence to teenagers“. C-Jamm was under investigation for purchasing 112 g of marijuana for 16 million KRW (14,000 USD) from February, 2017, to April, 2018.
He then came back a year later, after his rehabilitation, with the new single that was the first release from the rapper since August, 2017’s, “Know”, as well as his very first single since being found guilty of drug use back in December of last year. C-Jamm first rose to popularity as the runner-up of ‘Show Me The Money 5.’
PSY’s Involvement in Prostitution Scandal
PSY was summoned, as he suspected was being a witness in a prostitution scandal that involved some artists from YG Entertainment. Before this, Yang Hyun-suk had been accused of attempting to cover up drug allegations against his artists, as well as procuring sex workers for foreign business investors at a July, 2014, dinner event.
Psy, who is a former YG Entertainment artist who attended the dinner, has been quizzed about the alleged incident. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Psy denied being aware of any illegal activity that took place during the event. Psy also denies knowing anything about an alleged cover-up by Yang over claims that B.I., the lead singer of the YG outfit iKON, used illegal drugs.
