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SEOUL, Mar. 12
(Yonhap) – Ahn Gil-ho, the producer of the Netflix series "The
Glory," which doubts have been raised about committing school violence,
has admitted his past and apologized.
Kim Moon-hee, a
lawyer at Jipyeong, a law firm that represents Ahn, said in a statement on Sunday,
"Ahn had a girlfriend who he started dating when he studied in the
Philippines in 1996," adding, "When he heard that his girlfriend was
being teased at school, he instantly became emotional and hurt others."
"I deeply
ask for forgiveness from those who have been hurt through this incident,"
he said. "If I have a chance, I would like to apologize to them in person
or through phone."
Anonymous writer,
who posted on the online community on the 10th that he had been assaulted by producer
Ahn in the past, claimed that Ahn, who was a high school senior at the time,
dated a female student who was a middle school student, and when her classmates
teased her, Ahn called her classmates and assaulted them. There were five
people at the site of the incident, including producer Ahn, and the assault
continued for about two hours.
Shortly after the
allegations were raised, producer Ahn denied in a phone call with Yonhap News
Agency, saying, "It never happened," adding, "I don't remember
hitting someone in a group no matter how much I think about it."
Regarding the
change in Ahn's position, lawyer Kim said, "He returned to his school days
countless times by inquiring about his friends at the time," adding,
"He was afraid that his memory was dim and that he would distort the
case."
(This article is
translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho)
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