According to a June 20th exclusive media item, an unknown informant charged actor Nam Joo-hyuk from the film Twenty-Five Twenty-One with school bullying for six years while he was in middle and high school.
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The informant gave proof in the form of a picture of their 2013 Suil High School yearbook.
The actor is a high school alumnus who has given to the organization in the past. The informant claimed that the Start-Up actor belonged to a group that regularly bullied other students by beating them, using derogatory language, forcibly stealing their money, and other methods.
Why was Nam Joo-hyuk charged with bullying?
He was also accused of using students as “bread shuttles,” a euphemism for bullies who hire another kid to run errands for them and threaten serious consequences if the student refuses. According to the tipper, the actor dragged his chair out from under him and assaulted him by hurling mechanical pencil refills at him. Joo-Hyuk Nam
He continued by claiming that the other victims had endured harsher bullying and that as a result of the actor’s sudden fame, they are now seeking psychological counseling and refraining from watching television. The tipper went on to say that he only wants to help others who are in situations similar to his own.
Hyuk’s Management SOOP, Nam Joo-agency, has responded to his complaints of bullying with its first statement. They stated that they are aware of the allegations made against the actor and are looking into the veracity of such claims.
There haven’t been any further comments on the subject to date, but more are expected. Netizens’ reactions were mixed after learning about the Nam Joo-school hyuk bullying scandal.
The Start-Up star’s apparent history of school bullying has shocked many of his fans. While some defended the actor and called the tipster out for accusing him of bullying students years later, others said the informant had to be given the chance to explain himself.
Additional details on Nam Joo-hyuk
One of the leading Hallyu stars in Korea is the actor and model Nam Joo-hyuk. Before making his television debut in 2014 with The Idle Mermaid, he started his career in music videos. But it was Nam’s role in Who Are You: School 2015, in which he shared the screen with Kim So-Hyun and Sungjae from BTOB, that propelled him to fame.
Since then, he has appeared in a number of well-known K-dramas, including Start-Up, The Light in Your Eyes, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, and, most recently, Twenty-Five Twenty-One. He will play the lead role in the upcoming webtoon adaptation of the Korean drama Vigilante.
The actor will portray Kim Ji-Yong, a student at the police academy whose mother passed away when he was a young boy. A group of neighborhood thugs who were harassing him murdered his mother.
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