Lim Hye-dong (27), a junior who is fighting with U.S. Major Leaguer Kim Ha-sung (28, San Diego Padres) over threats and assault, attended the police on the 20th for the first investigation. Lim said Kim Ha-sung’s claim is not true, and said he would sincerely explain it through an investigation. 토토사이트
Lim will be investigated by the first defendant on charges of blackmail, intimidation, and defamation at the Gangnam Police Station from 2 p.m. on the same day. Lim, who attended the police at around 1:55 p.m., said, “There is a clear difference between Kim Ha-sung’s side and the captain, so I will sincerely receive the police investigation and explain it,” and added, “I will reveal questions one by one through a press conference.” He went into the police station without answering questions from reporters about the money demand.
Lim has been between Kim and Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom Heroes) seniors and juniors, and has been Kim’s road manager since his retirement in 2016. Kim paid the settlement money after a physical fight with Lim at a drinking party in Gangnam in February 2021, and Lim repeatedly sued him on the 27th of last month for intimidation and blackmail, saying he demanded money and valuables. Later, on the 6th, he attended the police and was investigated by the accuser. Kim claimed that he paid 400 million won to Lim as he was about to enter the U.S., but was asked for additional money when he returned home in October.
However, Lim countered by claiming that Kim had been continuously assaulting him. Lim appeared on YouTube’s “Horizontal Research Institute” and claimed that he was assaulted and gaslighted by Kim for no reason while working as a manager. He also took issue with the breach of confidentiality-related contracts, had no money demand, and released photos of evidence of being assaulted.
Since then, Kim’s side immediately refuted that the habitual assault was not true, and that the photo Lim submitted as evidence was not related to Kim. He also filed an additional complaint on defamation charges. Since then, the police have banned Lim from leaving the country on the 12th.