Broadcaster Seo Min-jae’s Confession and Sentencing Date for Drug Use

Confessing your feelings through an interview
Sentencing date for drug use on the 18th of next month

▲ Broadcaster Seo Min-jae (name changed to Seo Eun-woo), who was put on trial on charges of using Philopon, confessed his feelings on air. JTBC report screen capture Broadcaster Seo Min-jae (name changed to Seo Eun-woo), who was put on trial on charges of using Philopon, confessed his feelings on his broadcast.

According to JTBC on the 24th, Seo Min-jae confessed his guilty feelings, saying that not only his life but his family’s life was ruined due to drugs. She also expressed her distress by saying that women who take drugs must also overcome sexual degradation.

Seo Min-jae gained popularity after appearing on the reality dating program ‘Heart Signal 3’, but in August of last year, she sparked controversy by posting a post about taking Philopon with singer Nam Tae-hyun, who was her lover at the time.

At the time, Seo Min-jae directly announced the fact of drug use on social media (SNS). He said, “I had the wrong idea that I was using drugs to relieve my depressed mood, but the side effects made me feel worse, and I ended up blacking out (losing my memory) when I overdosed on psychiatric drugs, so I think I posted that. “He jumped (from the second floor) after writing, but I don’t remember a single thing,” he said.

At that time, netizens reported Seo Min-jae and Nam Tae-hyun to the police, and the two admitted to drug use through trial. ▲ Broadcaster Seo Min-jae (name changed to Seo Eun-woo), who was sent to trial on charges of using Philopon, confessed his feelings on air. After the JTBC report screen capture incident, Seo Min-jae lost his job, and even his family had to quit their jobs.

He said, “My mother was a middle school teacher, and she said she had no respect for her students. “She retired,” she said with tears in her eyes as she said, “She feels so sorry that her child committed a crime and made her mother responsible as well.”

Seo Min-jae then expressed his difficulties, saying, “There are still some aspects in which female drug users are viewed more negatively in society’s eyes,” and “It was a bit difficult to overcome that because the sex aspect was constantly being talked about negatively.”

In addition, Seo Min-jae revealed the reason for the interview, saying, “Having experienced first-hand how drugs ruined my life and ruined the lives of people around me, I thought a lot that I didn’t want other people to have the same experience.”

Meanwhile, in the trial of Seo Min-jae and Nam Tae-hyun on charges of violating the law on drug management, the prosecution requested Seo Min-jae to be sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, and Nam Tae-hyun to be sentenced to 2 years in prison. The sentencing date is the 18th of next month.

Reporter Kim Chae-hyeon