Korean TikToker w/ 55M Fans Is LYING To Fans About Being Innocent After Being Found GUILTY of SA

28:05It's called My 15 Seconds. Nobody told the author about any of the references or memes that could arise in having your face plastered on the front cover next to the words in bold, my 15 seconds. 15 seconds of what? You know what? Or it could mean my 15 seconds of fame both could be applicable because this is mama guy's book that was sold in korea my korean researchers actually translated the entire book into english so that i was able to read it all i know about this entire book now is that it's very lengthy self-congratulatory affirmational book that is only interesting to mama guy under the disguise of wanting to teach everyone how to start their own tiktok accounts oh really yeah he writes in the book people around me often ask, what secret method I use to become a global TikToker?

28:56As soon as I meet them, many ask, how? And countless inquiries come through my DMs and comments. What about me allowed such rapid growth as a TikToker? I even received questions about whether I was a child of a TikTok executive, but of course not. When I started TikTok, I was just an ordinary college student. He says that a 15 second video can take him 24 hours to film. If I had to sum up the entire book in one phrase, it would be the written variation of try being an influencer for a day. Like that, that's pretty much the whole entirety of the book. It's hard work. That's what he's telling you.

29:32He writes in his book, I actually spent a whole week examining my face, my facial angles in front of my phone. Through repeated practice, I studied which angles made my face look good, which expressions were funny, how I appeared in natural light, how images were produced under standing lights, what hairstyles look best, and what should be in the background. Really? Yeah, because if you watch his TikToks, you would not believe that they're that highly produced. Doesn't add up. Something doesn't add up. Yeah. He says that starting TikTok was a very lonely endeavor. He says he didn't have anyone to talk to about his struggles or someone to give him advice.

30:07He says, at those times, I would tell myself inwardly, the lonely you are, the more successful you will be. You need to know how to endure when you are lonely and struggling. You can't just give up because things are difficult. He has one chapter in his book that's just titled, I Want to Create a Good Culture and Environment. He writes in that chapter, the role I want to take on is being someone who exudes joyful happiness. I want to share friendliness and healthiness that makes anyone want to hang out with me when they see me. Whether on TikTok or in daily life, I know that followers and friends who watch me, They can only feel that joy if I'm genuinely enjoying myself wherever and whenever I meet anyone.

30:46I want to be someone who delivers joyful energy. He also just like randomly throws into his book that his ideal type is someone who is cute and is very petite. The book has just way too much information that nobody necessarily ever cared about. And it doesn't particularly sound honest either. I was trying to put my finger onto what type of writing this is. Because I don't know why it is irking to a lot of people. because even my Korean researchers were like, hey, so you know how it's bad in English? It's worse in Korean. So just letting you know, it's like annoying, but in a way that you almost feel like you can't point your finger to why.

31:19And then I discovered why. It feels like when billionaires start writing memoirs and they romanticize all the obstacles that they had to overcome in their life. And it's somehow annoyingly pretentious and also simultaneously, if I can do it, you can do it too. energy encapsulated into one fucking annoying book that you want to throw across the room so he's writing his little origin story like how much he grinded and yeah that kind of writing exactly but it's it's not truthful it doesn't feel honest it doesn't feel like hey no i was having a mental breakdown every single day and i read a hate comment and i wanted to jump off the roof of a building it's like i persevered for success because i want to at least change one person's life who's watching this and it's like you're doing reaction videos none of us do videos that are that important ever in any context of this world so it's just not that serious he writes in his book that when he has to relieve stress when the anxiety and the stress of being a global tiktok star starts to get too much you know he has levels to what he does depending on the stress level if he's moderately stressed he will go to the gym and work out if he's very stressed He will walk in circles.

32:37He will pace his room. If he's very stressed beyond comprehension and function, he will go out drinking with his friends. He writes, when my mind gets complicated, I share soju shots with my friends. It will help clear my thoughts. And drinking doesn't solve problems, but I gain the courage to try and solve complex issues. And I'm grateful for my friends who are by my side. I don't have particular drinking habits. At most, I just get the urge to go home when extremely drunk. He said, when I drink alcohol? I'm solving problems inside. Yeah, that's also an annoying thing in the book, no? You're just drinking alcohol.

33:11What are you talking about? You're just like hanging out with your friends. And like, maybe that does help you, but like, it's weird. But you're not solving anything. Then July, 2023, Mama Guy vanishes from the internet. July 8th, 2023 in South Korea, the police get a call to an apartment. There is an emergency. It seems like someone is being held captive, is trapped, maybe not legally speaking, but it would make sense considering when the police get to the apartment in question, the people inside refuse to open the door. They have to call in the fire department to come. And when they get there, whoever is inside still is refusing to open.

33:45They have to force their way in and they find two people, two men. What happened to the girl that called 911 or 112? The court document, which we were able to get a hold of in South Korea states, the defendant who is just identified in court documents is a famous influencer with over 10 million YouTube followers. The defendant goes to the bar and ends up meeting with a girl. So the court documents, we were able to get them, and they say that July 8th, mama guy, defendant, goes to a bar, meets a girl by chance. Coincidentally, they exchange Instagram, and they start DMing each other. Two weeks later, they run into each other again at a different bar.

34:24And this time, maybe it feels like fate, like maybe they should be friends. So they start drinking together, and then eventually they end up going to a second bar. They have two bottles of champagne and four bottles of soju. Then they go to a convenience store, buy two more bottles of soju. Two people? Initially, it was another friend of the victim that was there, but she decided to go home early. So I'm not entirely sure at one point in the beverage consumption, she ends up leaving. But regardless, it's a lot of alcohol. That's a lot. Soju is like, what is that? Oh, soju? I equate it to like rubbing alcohol.

34:58I know it's not. It's not as strong as vodka, but... But it's pretty, it's hard liquor, right? Yeah, it's not a light time. It's not a beer. No. So they get four bottles of soju, two bottles of champagne, and then they go to a convenience store and buy two more bottles of soju, snacks, and other drinks. And the defendant, mama guy, is like, hey, do you want to go to my friend's house? The victim probably is feeling safer around this guy because she's seen his Instagram. She knows that he's a very famous influencer. And there is a sense of safety that I think comes with interacting with people that have a large public presence because you're like you're not gonna risk your career and your whole life online to do something crazy in fact like i feel like i would feel a little bit safer right so she's like okay fine i'll go to your friend's house they could get there continue drinking it's a small studio apartment there's really just a bed in there it's about four feet wide seven feet long four feet wide yeah seven feet long yes it's wider it's that's a bed yeah what okay it's like a tiny apartment so they just put a little bed in there that's pretty much it they're all cramped in there it's stuffy the victim says she's way too intoxicated she just wants to close her eyes for a second take a nap she can sober up and then they can leave like she just wants to go home but she's so drunk it would not be safe for her to try to go home right now so she's like i'm gonna close my eyes for a second she knocks out and the friend the owner of the apartment, he brings over two pieces of protection from the sink.

36:29He starts groping the victim before fully essaying her. Then the defendant, Mama Guy, gets into the bed, starts groping her, removes her clothing down there completely, and essays her. He claims that he used protection, but later it would turn out not to be the case because at the hospital, they found his DNA inside of her body. The friend, the owner of the apartment, is still groping her from the side of the bed while mama guy is fully essaying her. This is around the time the victim starts waking up. And originally the way that she reported it was because in Korea, you cannot record a video or take pictures without a loud sound.

37:04The silencing feature for camera taking pictures is disabled on all Korean phones because bolka, bolka camera, like a hidden camera, hidden picture, up the skirt pictures were becoming a nuisance, were becoming a very big problem. You know, these manufacturers, they disabled it. So she starts hearing these sounds and it wakes her up from her intoxication. And she sees Mama Guy on top of her. She pushes him off and straight up tells him, this is SA. She calls the police. She gathers her belongings and she runs out of there. The police get there. The two guys do not open the door and the firefighters are forced to break in.

37:42The news slowly starts spreading in South Korea that a famous influencer fully essayed a girl with his friend after a night out of drinking. But it's not until months later that this is all connected. This happened July of 2023. Mama Guy stops posting July of 2023. He just leaves the internet without any explanation. So there were a few people that were wondering, is the defendant Mama Guy? There were a few people in Korea that were very much into the case, that were trying to be internet sleuths. But because of Korea's privacy laws, it's very hard to verify. Even the court document we received, it doesn't list him by name His only identifying features really are Is that he has a YouTube channel with over 10 million followers And that this happens around the time that he stops posting So in July, was he taken to the jail or?

38:27Yes, he was arrested Ah, so he, okay Korean mainstream media news outlets They were either told more or investigative reporters Were able to figure out who this guy was And they decided that they were going to broadcast his YouTube page and his TikToks on their news channel while talking about this case, but with a blur filter. So you see someone's TikToks and YouTube videos playing in the background while the news anchor is saying, a man in his 20s with tens of millions of subscribers on YouTube and TikTok recently suddenly suspended all of his activities. Our investigations have confirmed that he has been brought to trial on charges of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman with another man.

39:07He has even appeared on TV programs as his subscribers reached tens of millions of followers. Technically, it could be anyone because it's blurred footage, but only technically. You can clearly tell that this is Mama Guy, even through the blurred footage. His hair, his video style, I mean his head shape, pretty distinct. His hairstyle is the butt crack hair, is kind of like how you call it, where the butt crack hair, where it just splits perfectly in the middle, like butt curtains. His hair is like pretty distinct. He has curtain bangs looking like windows into his empty skull. And the way his body moves, his mannerisms in his videos.

39:43I mean, people were very quickly able to cross-reference the blurred videos to the real videos. And it's very much him. Coupled with the fact that he's on hiatus, it is certain that the S.A.R. is Mama Guy. Subsequently, and pretty swiftly, his TikTok account is banned, but his YouTube channel, the original one, is still up. The comments read from that time, he's the person I would least imagine to do what he did. He's a monster hiding behind that innocent face this whole time, bruh. Another one, this dude took never judge a book by its cover to a whole new level, skull emoji. Imagine him in prison yelling, mama, lol.

40:21No, now he's saying daddy in prison. One comment in Korean just reads, live long and always be sick. Nobody thinks that this guy's ever coming back. I mean, that's pretty much the end of the mama guy lore. He's essayed a girl while she was too intoxicated to consent. He's been convicted. Long live justice. And may he rot in the Korean prison system. Until he does come back. Five months ago. May 27th, 2025. He posts a long-winded statement almost two years after disappearing. And his full statement reads in full. and see if you can spot out all the ways that he's framing the story to make people believe that he's innocent because it's a masterclass in shameless manipulation of facts.

41:06This statement is translated to English to read, Hello, this is Ox Dung. So, Soan Dung. To everyone who knows me, I want to express my deepest apologies for the disappointment and hurt that I've caused. I should have shown you only my best side, but due to my poor judgment and mistakes, I've caused discomfort to many of you and hurt those involved. I deeply reflect on my actions and offer my heartfelt apology. Over the past year, I've spent a lot of time looking back on myself and facing the consequences of my actions. I was able to grow because of your love and support. Thanks to you, I was given many meaningful opportunities and experiences, but I brought everything down with my own hands.

41:46And I let you down. Since July 2023, I have fully cooperated with the legal proceedings related to this incident. which he has by the way he argued in court during the original trial that the victim consented to the essay because he saw her open her eyes that's crazy so he say eyes open she consented yeah and she made noises was she drugged or was she just drunk it seems like she was just drunk but overly intoxicated but there is suspicion we're not sure that suspicion has not been proven in the court of law though legally speaking he continues after a long and difficult process i was found not guilty of the major charges that were widely reported can you can you see why that that's a weird sentence yeah yeah like first of all what major charges is he talking about exactly okay Okay, so the major charge that he's talking about, when he says, I was found not guilty of the major charges, that makes it sound like the worst charges.

42:52The essay charges were dropped because those are the most major charges, right? But then he adds that were widely reported. So in the very beginning, when this case erupted, it was reported that he was filming the assaults. So a lot of the attention was on, and he filmed it, and he filmed it because he's a content creator, and he's filming things like this. See, that's what I thought. Yes, that was dropped. The SA charges are still there and he was found guilty of them. I thought he only was charged for filming. I didn't even know that he was assaulting. Oh, yeah. Oh, it gets crazier. It gets crazier.

43:29So he's saying, I, the charges, I was found not guilty of the major charges that were widely reported. So it's not the major charges in general. It's that were widely reported. wow he says i never filmed the other party the investigation was closed without charges the claims and again the investigation was closed without charges only pertains to the filming charge wow only the filming charge he says the claims about unlawful confinement so originally like i was saying it was reported that some media outlets were also based on misinformation of they wouldn't open the door for the police so a lot of people thought the victim was in there with them so they're like holding her captive and won't open the door he's saying well that was misinformation it doesn't yeah yeah he's just pointing out all the things that's the rumors that are false yeah i mean technically she left before they refused to let the police come into the apartment but that's not why people hate you yeah yeah yeah you know this sounds like this has to be crafted by a lawyer too yeah so we reached out to his agency for comment my korean research our korean researchers are incredible i love them um but they didn't respond we've been like hounding them yeah because it seems like every wording is legally correct yes it's legally correct and i also and i say this with as much disrespect as possible i don't think that he is anywhere near competent enough yeah to to craft a statement like this yeah and then don't you think like the way that he handled this whole case yeah from the beginning it's like so well yeah prepared like he basically got away with yeah everything and a lot of Koreans hate him even though they didn't know him they hate him now because they're saying this is another case of money buys innocence because this guy was making like forty thousand dollars a month and he was bragging about it he probably used a lot of that to get a really good attorney and in korea i think there's a little bit more context i think in america we have the same sentiments of money gets you a good defense but in korea it's even worse because connections are even more important in korea so if there is a really good defense attorney who used to work at the prosecutor's office they will charge a premium because it's not even about how good they are it's about the connections they have with the system yeah yeah he says well i did my best to present the facts not everything was accepted basically you were found guilty and i received a suspended sentence for a part of the charges he says a part of the charges as if the charges that he was found guilty of was not the most important charge he says i was also able to communicate with the other party he doesn't say victim and bring the matter to a respectful close.

46:20So again, in Korea, another thing is it's so hard to get essay charges concluded that victims will settle to get any sort of financial compensation. Because at that point, it's like, what else am I getting out of this? It's not like you're going to go to prison for a very long time because the justice system is the way that it works. So you might as well get something to help with your trauma and healing, maybe for therapy, maybe for health checkups, like whatever it is, right? So this is a very normal thing. But he acts like I was able to bring it to a respectful close. Like we both agreed upon something.

47:00Once again, I want to express my sincere apology to everyone who is affected by this situation. At first, I was overwhelmed by fear. Some people advised me to admit to the charges saying it might result in a lighter sentence, even if they were true. But after long and difficult contemplation, I realized that what I feared most was not being able to tell the truth. But I did everything to clarify the truth, including voluntarily requesting a polygraph test and even preparing a reenactment video. Side note, polygraphs are notoriously inaccurate and that's why they're not used in the court of law in the States.

47:33But he continues, during the appeal trial, a cross-examination was scheduled but couldn't proceed due to the other party's absence. Because the victim of SA did not want to show up to be cross-examined? Still, I did my best to prove my innocence. It was a long and disorienting time, so much so that I even began to question my own memories. Throughout it all, I had the chance to reflect. I was careless and my actions led to all of this. I failed to live up to my own standards and hurt many people along the way. I take full responsibility for the consequences of my poor judgment and thoughtless behavior and I deeply regret them.

48:08This is so crazy. Poor judgment is a very low-level word to place on something as devastating as I say. He continues, I take all your criticism and disappointment to heart. Which again, makes it sound like he's being canceled online for a social issue rather than a literal crime against women. He continues, when I first started creating content, my only wish was to bring comfort or strength to even just one person. I once met a student who told me that at a moment when they were considering self-exiting, they happened to watch one of my videos and laughed. And that laugh gave them the will to keep going.

48:45They told me that I had saved their life. I now understand more than ever the weight of the responsibility I should have carried from the beginning. This experience has truly helped me rediscover what truly matters. From now on, I will live with greater responsibility and do everything I can to ensure something like this never happens again. To everyone I've heard or disappointed, I offer my sincerest heartfelt apology. I am truly sorry. And I respectfully tell you that I'm not the man who kicked a woman in the video. He is a different person. What's crazy is this part where he says that he's not the man in the video that kicked the woman, the Busan roundhouse kick.

49:25He doesn't say that in the Korean version of his statement. it's only in the English one so everything else is exactly identical except that final statement because if he put that in the Korean one every single Korean would go what the fuck are you talking about shut up like no one was thinking that they would be genuinely upset and that's what a lot of Koreans who also understand English are writing in the comments like shut up what are you talking about wow he is really good at this he's throwing in the CCTV video of the Busan roundhouse kick no way yeah well he didn't link it but he's throwing that in saying that's not me to make that the red herring of the conversation this video was never even tied to this case we did an episode on that video long time ago at no point ever did anyone say wait is that that influencer with 55 million followers on tiktok that screams mama yeah even when mama guy's sexual assault case came to light nobody thought it was him in that video maybe like one or two people that were making like ai generated slop content on tiktok that just wanted to get random like you know how those weird videos have been going viral recently i didn't even see one that went viral i couldn't even find many of them or any of them all i see are people saying hey guys he clarified it's not him and why would why would anybody even think it's him this is so random it's basically and it's such an roundhouse kick was such a big case too by itself people already knew all about it if you do one google search so how could anybody connect that to him i will assume he probably did it himself because nobody would think that they're related in fact the roundhouse kick situation that case itself it went viral for the reason that there was another youtuber involved who released his identity without the court's permission because his identity was protected information so everyone was like oh we know his information because it got leaked and so his identity is even more talked about so no one would ever equate that to being him it doesn't even look like him in the cctv camera like nothing about it's just two korean guys yeah like for someone to genuinely believe that even before he made this statement you'd have to be not a great fact checker or a googler and you may be racist a little okay like that there's just no way it's very much hey this random thing that nobody thought was me let me tell you it wasn't me so that that's all you talk about and it's working when people people are fighting in the comments people are telling okay there's lots of people in the comments saying he's innocent and when people say no he's not he's literally not people will fight back and say the guy in the video has a tattoo on his arm and mama guy doesn't wow then you have the weak man fallacy he's boiling down his entire essay charge just to the fact that he didn't film the assault and he's acting like that's the main point he's choosing the weakest charge that he was not convicted of and disproving it it does not mean that he wasn't charged and convicted with essay just the wording itself i think are terrifying like these phrases i was found not guilty of the major charges that were widely reported i never filmed the other party.

52:41I take full responsibility for my poor judgment. I received a suspended sentence for a part of the charges. I did everything I could to prove my innocence. So if he was found guilty, did he serve time? What was it? Okay, that's another reason why I think that a lot of people are genuinely believing that he's innocent. And okay, my thing is, if you read his statement, and you believe he's innocent, I think that's a reflection of his shameless morality. I think that's on him and everyone should hate him for it is my opinion however I think if you are going there and you keep defending him in every comment section and when people are informing you you need to look into it and then I see some of his fans I guess that are like no but he's innocent he said so and it's like okay well that doesn't mean anything you gotta look into it right but they're like no he said so and he doesn't have a tattoo those people I don't understand the reason that i think from the surface level he appears to be innocent is because in america you typically don't get a suspended sentence for essay charges whereas in korea you do a suspended sentence means hey i'm going to give you a year and six months however it's going to be suspended meaning in the next two years you're going to be free but if you commit any other crime straight to jail for a year and six months that's crazy too so because he's free people think that he is innocent it worked so well that the top comments on that post are this has to be the most incredible apology someone could ever make another one reads bro crazy we were all hating him for the thing he didn't do after reading this i don't know why i'm crying though don't know how much like how bad he felt by everything.

54:33Another one reads, for two years, you fought to claim yourself not guilty. Wow. And this apology post is way more better and personal than other apologies. You wrote it in two languages. Two. And I also couldn't believe that you were not guilty. I think this is the most honest and respectful and responsible apology ever. Another one says, the guy who kicked the girl in the video has a tattoo while you don't. He's not guilty, guys. I missed you. I'm glad your back. Out of every YouTube apology I've ever seen, this is the most honest and most sincere, good job, man. Apology accepted. No, you don't have to be sorry.

55:11Social media does. You know, we all owe you a big apology and you shouldn't have been treated this way. There's very few Korean comments, but the top ones in Korean read, let's crack open the indictment, shall we? oh so Koreans do know what he was charged for yeah they know he's guilty guilty so the international viewers have no idea they just took his statement and nobody knows what's going on yeah and that's why I'm saying I don't blame a lot of the people that read his statement take it at face value and they accept his apology or they think he's innocent I do however take problem with people that are getting responses of like hey let me link you a few very few articles because there's not a lot of articles out there, but like the very few I could find in English and they still keep posting.

55:57Like, no, he's not. He's not. And I'm like, are you not reading? What's going on? But another comment in Korean just reads, all the comments are fucking foreigners. Haha. Because they're like, how are people falling for this? And again, it's just the lack of information in English that's available. But some people just don't care about the truth. I see some people, they keep commenting on every post. It doesn't matter how many people respond to him telling them the truth. There's someone who goes around commenting on like every video. Why do people not forgive him? He was found innocent. He is not guilty.

56:27The man who kicked the girl had a tattoo on his arm, but Wan Jung does not have a tattoo on his arm. Plus, he is sorry for scaring people, even if he didn't do anything wrong. I hope you guys can all understand. And I'm like, okay, Wan Jung, is this you? Another comment is, and they're passionate. They write, dang, if you look at the comments from back then, people really thought he did it. They act like he was not a human being. People took this way too far. People said lol about him going to jail. Some people probably even sent him death threats. We should all apologize to him for what we put him through.

56:58Wow. Other people are commenting, Wan Zhang, you look so sad. You were so happy in your older videos. What happened to that happy smile? Please stay happy. Do whatever you want. Fly around the world. Eat your favorite foods. Eat the famous food you missed out on. But just do something. Please don't be sad. You can be sad, but not all the time. He goes on to like that comment. Wow. I will say, I think, again, for the people, the mass population who didn't really dig into it more and they trusted him to tell the truth, I don't think it's their fault. It is very confusing. And I think there's a few elements to it.

57:35So during the first trial, there were two trials. During the first trial, both defendants, Mama Guy and his friend, they tried to argue that this was all consensual, that they never wanted to commit a crime. So there were two things. they were charged with special quasi-SA. Now, this is very important, okay? So there's also a translation error that makes a lot of English speakers feel like it's not SA. And this is true. Okay, we're going to get into that in a second. But they had to prove that this was SA, the prosecutors, and they had to prove that there was a conspiracy to commit a crime, which would be like aggravated SA.

58:09It would be like gang SA, if you will. That gets dropped. The aggravated part gets dropped. But other than that, I mean, it's pretty much everything about it is just asinine. They argue to the judge that the victim definitely consented and was conscious because she made noises and opened her eyes. At one point, she made eye contact with them. She also did not actively resist or fight them off. That's what they argue. They also argue that this is not gang essay because while the friend, the owner of the apartment, was essaying the victim, they argue mama guy was asleep so they were not gang essaying her.

58:42They're both individually rapists. They didn't plan to be rapists together. That's pretty much what they're arguing. I mean, the court clearly thinks all of this is about as sensical as a squirrel operating heavy machinery. They procured protection together. Also, moving her eyelids doesn't mean consent. We don't even have to go down the path of pointing out how ridiculous their whole defense is. During the first trial, Mama Guy was found guilty and sentenced to three years and six months in prison. He appeals it. Then he goes to a second trial and then he's sentenced to one year and six months.

59:14and a two-year suspended sentence, meaning he doesn't have to go to jail anymore. That's crazy. But there's really barely any international updates on this case. And if there is, there is a huge translation discrepancy. And also you say he was a closed court or something? Yeah, he requested it. Like everything's private or something like that? Yeah. That's why even more limited information out there. Even in Korea, yeah. Most articles state that he is convicted of quasi-rape In English, the word quasi means seemingly, apparently, but not really Being partly or almost So in some sense or degree, that's the meaning of it So people are taking that as, oh, it wasn't fully SA Maybe it was harassment, maybe it was something else But it can't be fully SA because the definition of quasi in English means not completely or just seems like it but is not really it.

1:00:13It's just miscommunication. Like that's not at all what happened. So in Korea, what it means is technically the term quasi-essay when you translate it in Korean and the way that it's used in his court case is that it just means there was an essay that takes place. But essay, that charge in Korea, typically is intertwined with force, physical, or threats. so the word quasi in front of it means the victim did not resist because they were incapable of resisting so if you just charge them with in korea the legal definition of regular essay then they would have to prove that the victim resisted so this is just their saying of hey it's a different charge where we don't have to prove that the victim resisted because we can prove to you that they were not in a state of resisting so whether that means that they were intoxicated, whether they were blacked out, unconscious, whether that means they were mentally incapable of resisting at that time, whether they were in a coma, whether they were not at the developmental stage of being the age that they are on their driver's license.

1:01:19Like there's all these different factors or they could have been on drugs like prescription medications. So they're saying it's just essay where someone is incapable of resisting. But because it gets translated into the word quasi, which means not really in English, people thought that he was not really charged with SA. Yeah, that's what I read back in the days. Yeah, but that's not at all true. And then he goes on to argue that the major charges that were widely reported were dropped. Those are the filming charges because remember, she had originally stated to the police that she heard some sort of recording noise.

1:01:53They took their phones, but they couldn't find a recording. but even the defendants admit mama guy tells the judge that he thought that when his friend was essaying the victim he says he thought it was consensual and he wanted to film it as a prank i don't know how that's a prank that's crazy yeah but he himself stated that in the court then there's an argument that his charges were lowered which they kind of were because initially he was convicted of i guess the aggravated version of conspiracy to commit but that gets very complicated in the court of law and they were already going to get him for the essay charges so they do end up dropping that but still it's full-on essay charges like full essay charge making this entire situation even more unfortunate is that there is a lack of media coverage on the case even in South Korea nobody really knows him in South Korea and if they do they don't really care about him which seems to have always been a sore spot for him he writes in his book I'd established myself as a TikToker with the third largest following in Korea after BTS and Blackpink with the title Korea's representative TikToker feels somewhat burdensome to me.

1:02:59I clearly feel pride and responsibility as a short-form creator in Korea. And then he gets kind of uncomfortable when he goes on these reality shows and nobody knows who he is. So because of that, the lack of coverage and the mistranslation of the words and the fact that South Korea does offer suspended sentences to convicted essayers. He uses all of this to trick his audience into thinking that he's a good guy. Something to note is that he is restricted from working in facilities that deal with children, youth, and people with disabilities. But I would say that a lot of his TikToks are targeted towards younger kids, which is terrifying considering how hard that is to regulate.

1:03:36And just generally speaking, this is not particularly a defensible person. He's just not that special. And again, I mean that with so much disrespect and rudeness. I disliked him even more after reading a book that he had written to showcase how good he was. And I ended up disliking him more. So much of this book was just a back patting session. It's subtle. I mean, one or two, you won't notice it, but it's practically on every page. And maybe it's a cultural thing. I think if you're familiar with East Asian culture, you can see the annoyance perhaps seeping through the pages a little bit better, but it is the worst annoying way of bragging.

1:04:11I would just rather someone come to my face and say, haha, I'm better than you and spit in my face. That would be more refreshing than whatever this dumpster fire of a book is. He writes, according to my mother, I walked and talked unusually early, but in my memory, I was just an ordinary kid who listened well to my parents. I received quite a few awards in elementary school. My grades were always good and I had a talent in arts and physical education. So I remember receiving many awards each year that made my parents happy, from excellence awards to writing competition awards. But while doing TikTok, my luck with awards exploded.

1:04:49TikTok Korea gives awards every season based on domestic and international views. Combined with share counts and video upload frequency, they announce top rankings by category monthly and select first place every three months. In these TikTok Korea creator awards, I have constantly been selected as first place. Nobody knows you in South Korea, but go off. I was a boy with many dreams, from boxer to singer. I never easily gave up on my dreams. Good for you. You are neither a boxer nor a singer, so I guess you did give up. In middle school, I ranked third out of 230 students, and in high school, I ranked seventh out of 550.

1:05:26So I wasn't someone who couldn't study or did poorly, but my dreams were always a little bit different. Let me guess. To help people. Yeah. Many people praise me as someone who's achieved their dream as a TikToker, but I'm still dreaming. In my freshman year of college, I hung out and drank with classmates just like everyone else, but they were surprised when I achieved a 4.5 GPA, calling it a plot twist. I was the type to play hard when playing, but concentrate intensely when studying, even staying up late. He also goes on a multi-page tangent seemingly taking shots at students who take part-time jobs working at cafes and tutoring because that's easy money.

1:06:07He says he wanted to experience hard work, which is why he wanted to build thick skin and take jobs working at construction sites or popping rice crackers on the street. He then goes on to rant about his time during the military inscription that every guy in Korea has to enlist for a mandatory two years minus a few exceptions. He says that he wanted to quote, I felt that I should take away something more from military service. I headed to the fitness room. I picked up dumbbells with the mindset of just trying something. I exercised consistently and really hard. And he says the month that he was discharged from the military, he does one of those bodybuilder profile photo shoots showcasing his physique.

1:06:46Even that, he is a very holier-than-thou explanation. He says, rather than taking photos for the purpose of keeping them, I wanted to remember the thrilling experience of overcoming my own limits. People might just glance at the photo on page 148 of this book thinking, Wan Jung man, nice body. But to me, it is an intense record of overcoming my personal limits through pure effort. Bro, what is he saying? I don't know, but even my dad was jacked after the military service. Like, I don't know what he's talking about. Everybody gets jacked after the enlistment. yeah and it's also like mandatory it's not really yeah something to write home about or dedicate a whole page for the picture in your book for it's i don't know how i know it sounds like i'm nitpicking and maybe no he sounds like a pick me like so annoying it's i feel like it's especially what kind of person he is like you just know that's what i'm saying he's full of himself he continues to complain it's always half woe is me to don't worry guys i'm saving the world with my tiktoks i do think that his crime is definitely tainting my perception because had i not known what kind of person he was maybe none of this would strike me as annoying or maybe i would just say oh it's maybe not my personality type to be friends with him i just imagine this kind of condescending attitude seeping into the trial the way he even settles with the victim or was talking about the victim, talking to the victim, his arrogance and not opening the door for the police when they get there.

1:08:17All of these traits, I think in hindsight, make him entirely metaphorically punchable. He says, while my friends say it's unbelievable that I've become a world-class TikToker, they really support me and say it's cool. They say, I knew you would do well at whatever you tried when i'm with my friends though i'm just 27 year old who wants to live an enjoyable life he says after he won the tiktok gold award from the tiktok headquarters which is like i guess like a gold play button from youtube which like it's exciting it's fun it's great but he said i really felt the weight on my shoulders it was an unavoidable weight of having to continue to living up to one jung and that name going forward nobody knows you dude like yeah he is so annoying very applicable i guess but like maybe understanding train of thought everyone has pressure at whatever they do however no one no one including myself that makes videos for the internet should ever in any situation take themselves this seriously like the weight of the world on his shoulders after getting a gold award from TikTok is another one reads, if there's a friend who doesn't know what to do right now, I'd like to tell them to do what they love most.

1:09:41My case isn't a case of success without effort. There were many lonely times. Sometimes it was a solitary work, you know, pioneering a path no one else had walked. But because I loved what I was doing, what I loved, you know, even that loneliness was bearable and that hardship was enjoyable. I didn't really have role models. It's impossible to find role models around me in the process of expanding activities as a TikToker. While I often felt like I was walking a long path alone, it was something I liked it. I developed a desire to pioneer ahead of everyone. It's hard to walk a path that no one else has walked.

1:10:19Which is actually not true. It's not really an uncommon path to have content creators commit sexual crimes against women. so I don't know why he's patting himself on the back. That is a long, frequently journeyed path that a lot of content creators take. He writes in his book under the chapter, The Hardship Beyond Being a Global Influencer. That's the title. He writes, I recently lost weight and people around me were very worried when I suddenly lost nine pounds compared to last year. Even I was surprised. I just had become so busy that I didn't even have time to exercise. But you had time to essay someone So I'm pretty sure that you could make time if you wanted.

1:10:58I think that's the most dangerous thing about him is that, well, he's free, but also he has no shame. He has no remorse. The way that he talks about himself in the book, the way that he talks about himself in that statement, he clearly thinks that he is a great person gracing everyone with his presence. And that's terrifying. Obviously, if you are someone who gets convicted of SA, you cannot be a good person. But even that statement alone is shocking. There's just no backbone. Like just get off the internet. What are you doing? This manipulation of his word usage, all of these different fallacies that he's employing in his statement is so terrifying that there are people out there like that.

1:11:35In 2023, before all of this news became public, before the conviction and his morally corrupt wordplay apology, he wrote in his book that he was in the process of launching a video game and a full clothing line because he wants a brand to exist outside of him. And I just want to say if that does happen i will be there every step of the way i don't care if this is 20 years later i'm gonna be there and i'm gonna be reminding him of this case because i also like being a nuisance he's just back on tiktok and everything so his youtube has never been suspended he's still actively posting on youtube he does not get the views that he used to but he's still posting on youtube and he made a new second tiktok account because his first tiktok account was suspended so if you ever come across his videos block it report it is he like how many like followers and stuff he has now he only has like 50 000 which is not only but that's a lot so he lost his like main account yeah he lost all the followers and he hasn't gotten any of them back no okay that's good yeah but i'm so annoying yeah but that yeah i don't know why he's even allowed to be talking and i think it's most frustrating when like literally you're watching him and you see that he fooled every single person.

1:12:53You know what's crazy? He fooled everyone to the point of when his initial charges were brought to the surface in 2023. There were a lot of TikTokers that were saying, hey guys, this is what's going on with this mama guy. And now if you look at their recent comments, people are saying, oops, this video aged badly because they think he's innocent. And I'm like, it's actually worse. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. I don't know why I'm so emotional. right now but i'm so annoyed it's like that unjust feeling that's yeah so he's trying to get away with it and that is where i leave you with today's episode be safe and i will see you guys in the next one