Karakula (real name Lee Se-wook), who is suspected of conspiring to blackmail YouTuber Tzuyang (real name Park Jeong-won), has deleted all the videos he uploaded to his YouTube channel and announced, “I will step down from my life as a YouTuber.”
On the 22nd, Karakula posted a 9-minute-long video titled ‘My final greetings’ on his YouTube channel.
Karakula opened by saying, “I have put aside everything and stood in front of the camera to finally convey my sincerity to you all after living my life as a YouTuber without rest for the past five years.” He continued, “The various controversies and suspicions that have arisen recently are all my fault, caused by my negligence and lack of qualifications.”
He emphasized, “I was suddenly branded a blackmailer who extorted money from Tzuyang, and I was featured in the media as the blackmailer not only on YouTube but also in the media. I felt wronged and scared, so I foolishly responded by mentioning my innocent children.” He continued, “However, I have never extorted money from Tzuyang.”
He continued, “If I had known Tzuyang’s heartbreaking story while talking to Foot-and-Mouth, I would never have spoken so lightly, no matter how personal the call was,” and appealed again, “I have never conspired to threaten or received money. Please believe me on this.”
However, Karakula admitted to receiving money from Mr. A, who is currently under arrest on fraud charges.
He said, “I received 30 million won for personal use under exaggerated pretexts such as future media coverage of Mr. A’s new business,” and “As a result, all of Mr. A’s new businesses were frauds, and I also committed a crime. I will faithfully cooperate with the investigation by the investigative authorities and willingly accept punishment.”
Karakula also promised to spend the rest of his life reflecting quietly. He said, “I will disappear into this world like this, but my burning desire to share the pain of the victims by sharing their voices was sincere,” and “In particular, from the time this incident occurred, Attorney Cheon Ho-seong asked me several times if I had received money, but I foolishly made excuses by lying, saying, ‘There was no such thing. ’ When I think about the sense of betrayal Attorney Cheon must have felt, I feel so ashamed and sorry.”
While saying this, he said, “I feel so ashamed and sorry for the sense of betrayal and disappointment felt by my subscribers who believed in me and supported me. Thank you for supporting Karakula all this time.” At the same time, he added, “I will submit the previously uploaded videos to the investigative authorities upon request if necessary.”
Meanwhile, Karakula made all of his YouTube channel videos private on this day and only uploaded a video containing his final greeting. Before the suspicions were raised, Karakula had uploaded a total of 490 videos on his channel and had a maximum of 1.31 million subscribers, but as of 2 p.m. on this day, the number had dropped to 1.06 million.
Netizens who watched the video showed negative reactions such as “Stop acting”, “You know what the problem is, but you’re still using Tzuyang as bait”, “Delete the channel”, “You were playing detective, but now you’re a perpetrator”, “You’re finally admitting that you took money”, “You keep talking nonsense until the end”, “I can’t feel your sincerity”.
(Seoul = News 1)
Source: www.donga.com
