On May 16, popular youtuber Yang Yewon, who runs a channel known as “Beagle Couple” with her boyfriend, uploaded a video talking about how she is a victim of sexual assault.
On the first day of the shoot, Yang noticed that the owner locked the door with separate locks. She knew something was wrong when she saw that there were “around 20 men with cameras smoking.” Upon giving her extremely revealing lingerie to wear, Yang refused.
The studio owner told her that she would get sued for breaking the contract rules and threatened to make sure she would never be able to debut as an actress. Scared of the consequences, Yang decided to just hold it in for a day and gave in. All the men took turns taking photos while inappropriately touching her. After that day, when Yang said that she didn’t want to continue anymore, the owner threatened to release her photos.
Terrified, Yang went four more times and was sexually assaulted each time she went.
[Source: Instagram, skuukzky]
In the video, Yang talked about how scared she felt when she heard one of the photographers pick up a phone call and say “Dad, I’m at work. I’ll call you later.” Knowing that there are normal people doing work like this can be really scary. Anyone can be an offender.
Currently, she is trying to work with the police to capture the men and prevent any more sexual assault from happening. The Blue House also has a petition with thousands of signs already.
Susie Song, Grade 10
Academy of the Canyons