Woman named in rapper Yang Hong-won's infidelity allegations speaks out: 'We slept separately'

Rapper Yang Hong-won and his wife Won Hyeon-ju [Personal SNS]

A woman identified only as A has spoken out amid allegations that rapper Yang Hong-won, 27, committed adultery — claims that surfaced days after he held his wedding ceremony Sunday.

In a post on her social media account Saturday, A said the accuser's claims differed significantly from what she experienced and remembered. She added that the accuser had demanded money and threatened her before going public when she refused to pay, and that she has since filed a criminal complaint.

The accuser, identified as B, had alleged that Yang drank with several women at B's home until the early hours of the morning after a club performance. B said there was little physical contact during the gathering, though the group played drinking games that included a "king game" and cheek kisses. B said she then asked Yang and A to leave, after which the two went to a motel together.

A disputed those claims, saying the circumstances of the drinking session were also misrepresented and that no games involving physical contact took place.

A also rebuffed the account of how they ended up at the motel, saying she had never met Yang before that night and that B repeatedly urged her to follow the singer to a motel, promising to contact her shortly afterward.

"The singer seemed somewhat uncomfortable but was drunk, and I followed him because she said she would get in touch soon," A said. "Absolutely nothing happened — he slept on the bed and I slept on the floor right away."

A said she later realized, while being threatened for money, that the events of that night had been orchestrated to extort her and that she had been used.

"My face and personal information have been exposed, and my family and I have been suffering ever since," she said. "I regret making a poor judgment while drunk, and I am deeply flustered and worn out by the situation of my personal information constantly circulating."

She said she hoped the matter would be resolved quickly so she could return to her normal life.

A also released what appeared to be a chat exchange with B showing B demanding money from her. In the exchange, A asked B: "This is extortion, isn't it? You were the one who told me to leave because oppa wanted to stay with that woman — so this was all planned?" B replied: "Think about it — you were there with him and someone told you to leave, and then you went to a motel together. Who's going to believe 'oh, I see'? Just pay 500,000 won and be done with it."

Yang's agency, AP Alchemy, had also denied the allegations Friday, when the infidelity claims first surfaced. Its account largely mirrors A's: while Yang and A did go to the motel together, no romantic or sexual activity occurred between them.

AP Alchemy said the material released by the accuser had been edited to distort the facts and that threats were made in the course of demanding money. The agency also said the woman mentioned alongside Yang was herself a victim in the incident, and that both had taken separate legal action against the accuser.

Meanwhile, Yang and his wife, model Won Hyeon-ju, were found to have unfollowed each other on social media after the allegations emerged. Won has also deleted all posts from her account. It has not been confirmed, however, whether the unfollowing and deletions were related to the infidelity claims.

The couple had been together since 2017 and registered their marriage in 2023. They welcomed a daughter in November the following year and held their wedding ceremony Sunday.

paq@heraldcorp.com