This South Korean YouTuber Spoke Out About Being Abused By Her Ex-Boyfriend
Tzuyang, who has more than 10.5 million followers on YouTube, revealed her ex-boyfriend abused, blackmailed, assaulted and threatened her for almost four years, which is most of her YouTuber career.
This South Korean YouTuber spoke out about being abused and blackmailed by her ex-boyfriend.
On Thursday July 11, Tzuyang, who is known for her "mukbang" videos that feature her eating huge amounts of food, posted a video titled “I’ll tell you everything”
In the video, Tzuyang, who has more than 10.5 million followers on YouTube, said her ex-boyfriend abused, blackmailed, assaulted and threatened her for almost four years, which is most of her YouTuber career.
She said she had met him while taking a gap year and while he had been nice at the beginning, he soon became aggressive and abusive.
When she tried to break up with him, he threatened to release a “molka”, a secret video he took of her without her consent.
In 2019, Tzuyang started her own channel and quickly gained attention, but the abuse continued “almost daily” while she was filming.
She said he would hit her body “because it would be too obvious in the face”
In addition, she said her ex-boyfriend set up an agency and locked her in an unfair contract that required her to give him 70% of her earnings, while she only kept 30%.
She said that at one point, she almost didn’t even have enough money to buy chicken for her mukbang videos.
Her lawyers said that he took almost four billion won or about $2.9 million US dollars from her.
He also constantly threatened to expose her for working at an adult entertainment bar, which he had forced her to do.
Tzuyang was eventually able to sue her ex-boyfriend, and he had been facing at least 5 years in prison.
However, he killed himself, and the case was closed, according to her lawyers.
Several "cyber-wrecker," or YouTubers who make money by exposing celebrities, then began threatening to expose her time at the bar.
Since Tzuyang came forward, at least three cyber-wreckers, have made videos denying they were blackmailing her and said they were unaware that she was being abused.
YouTube has stopped allowing them to monetize, and Tzuyang's lawyers said they will continue to take legal action against the YouTubers.
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