Trigger Warning: Mentions of pedophilia
One word: Yikes.
A famous South Korean dancer who appeared in the Mnet TV program ‘Street Man Fighter’ was recently under fire for apparently having a sexual relationship with a minor, which eventually led to her pregnancy and its termination. The dance crew is now facing disbandment because of the issue.
The news was first reported by Salgoonews, which revealed that a “Mr. A,” who was a leader of a dance crew, recruited underaged members to compete in the team for ‘Street Woman Girls,’ and did so without discussing with his team. ‘Ms. B,’ the said minor that got pregnant, was also recruited into the team.
Later on, Mr. A and Ms. B had developed a deep relationship, with Ms. B telling Mr. A of her feelings through her private Instagram account. At the same time, Ms. B was telling her friends and close associates of their relationship and was also expressing her concerns over it.
The members of the dance crew found out about Ms. B’s pregnancy with Mr. A’s child through her private Instagram account, where she later on posted that she had aborted the pregnancy. The team decided to take the issue up with Mr. A, with the latter denying all allegations.
Following the denial of the allegations, the members of the dance crew started leaving. One member that requested to remain anonymous said “Mr. A lied to the members until the end,” and also continued on to say, “I don’t want a morally wrong situation to be buried as a simple incident. Please protect the dreams of the members.”
Mr. A responded to the allegations laid out by Salgoonews by saying, “We are resolving misunderstandings and problems with our team members,” and that they [he and the dance crew] will be resolving the issue at a company level.
While the identity of Mr. A was not revealed by the South Korean news outlet, netizens were able to decipher and de-blur the images used by the media and found out that it was Young J from the dance crew ‘Just Jerk.’
Social media users were appalled at the news and did not hesitate to give him a piece of their minds on the internet.
how disgusting & pathetic were/are you to actually BE THIS PROUD to have your name beside a MINOR's name with "secretly dating" right below it?
You deserve ALL THE FUCKING DOWNFALLS and more in your life, YJ. pic.twitter.com/ZJS0Gk8RJ3
— ʟᴊᴋɴ (@jungkrsten) April 1, 2024
to whoever was confused what happened with jj this was on the news btw https://t.co/IYgybIQZSU
— Jaz (@minahlee__) April 1, 2024
POST HIS FACE DO NOT LET HIM GET AWAY QUIETLY pic.twitter.com/EkFl52Iutq
— Mia (@fadedmina) April 2, 2024
Stop blurring criminal's face, public need to know so they become aware & cautious.
— Ttaen99u 🍉 (@0309Geniuses) April 2, 2024
The photo that was used is a pic of someone else
This is the real face of Young J the leader of dance crew Just Jerk pic.twitter.com/x2SYbIU65T
— DeewithEXOforLife 👍🏻 (@dhudzu) April 3, 2024
tw sexual abuse //
sorry to koreaboo on your timeline but: this is about just jerk young j (& a street dance girls fighter contestant, not swf2 no minors on that show). a bunch of the jj guys left the crew a few weeks ago & i guess this explains why! no hell is too hot… https://t.co/SrkUDiCVcX
— Rachel 🌈🌼 (@qbist) April 1, 2024
blurring his face and not saying his name is crazy. this is youngj from just jerk and the victim is his student https://t.co/AbPVRbYFAo
— r⁷ (@glossyrkives) April 2, 2024
There’s no way.. they so fucked up over there. Bitch said he should’ve at least used contraceptives with a minor https://t.co/Q3YVnVQaul pic.twitter.com/s57DgP4ipb
— Vampirehollie streamings are NOW! (@sooyaahluvr) April 1, 2024
don’t censor his photo….. he deserves jail time https://t.co/6glplQaAbR pic.twitter.com/NJjlGJymj5
— jaehyuk stan (@serenapoohh) April 2, 2024
they call pedophilia a “controversy” now? https://t.co/NP6WNOtp7e pic.twitter.com/3efRxLOkWW
— mar (@RENAISSHANC3) April 2, 2024
this shouldn’t be controversial, it’s literally a crime https://t.co/ucbeM9qYbS
— o6frog (@o6frog) April 2, 2024
mind you the minor he was preying on just graduated HIGH SCHOOL last month and he even attended the ceremony— HELL IS HOT https://t.co/bMtQO8jwYe
— springkies (@jekkibby2) April 2, 2024
If this is true about Young-J of JustJerk…that is absolutely criminal behavior…..His students used to look up to him, that is so terrible and disappointing https://t.co/L5wbj87VPc
— Linda(린다) | 해리보조개🧡 (@HJ_right_dimple) April 2, 2024
Since nobody saying w/ their chest, I will. YoungJ, the leader of the dance crew JUSTJERK, just got exposed for being a p*dophile. He secretly dated a minor, got her pregnant & she aborted. Several JJ members, including 1s who competed w/ him on SMF, left the crew & dance academy https://t.co/iwi41JCtnL
— ♦♠♥♣LunarSkye♣♥♠♦ (@LunarSkye) April 1, 2024
youngj, the leader of dance crew just jerk (the one that won in smf 1), dated a minor, attended her highschool graduation, commented this under the photo of them together, got her pregnant and made her abort the baby 🤢
what a disgusting man. https://t.co/TeRlltKzW9 pic.twitter.com/36S2TTg6eA— tsuki (@spideyjikoo) April 2, 2024
I want to use this small platform of mine about the circulating news online claiming that the leader of JustJerk had a relationship with a minor.
As much as possible let us refrain from mentioning the girl. Although he denies it, the evidence + recent happenings speaks louder. https://t.co/XVGBAkKaVb
— Street Woman Fighter Season 2 (@SWF2_tweets) April 2, 2024
Prior to the news being released, other famous members of the dance crew were seen to have announced their departure.
Father Howl post on his Ig
And April 15th will be his last class in Justjerk 💙 pic.twitter.com/3MQ7vXsW0P— 베베 팬 (@Bada_Min122702) March 29, 2024
there's no official statement that some/all of them left jj but howl, hulk, minseo, and yejun already removed justjerk/jerkfamily as part of their username pic.twitter.com/a5pVuIX7zU
— em (@peckgyu) April 1, 2024
Is this the reason why some of the members suddenly even changed their ig handlers and removed the "justjerk" on it. Although Howl is still teaching there, he's the 1st member I noticed that changed his handler. https://t.co/uX7tOPKZTu
— αɓɦเε🌼 (@Jus2siast) April 2, 2024
On April 3, 2024, Young J spoke with South Korean media outlets about the accusations against him. He denied the claims of him having a relationship with a minor, but admitted that she was in a relationship with Ms. B and made it clear that they only became a couple after she became of legal age.
He said, “It’s true I’m dating ‘B.’ But we started our relationship after she became an adult. Because I was worried about the age difference between us, we only started dating after getting permission from A’s parents.”
Young J also said that the two of them were thinking of marriage. “We’re discussing getting married with our families. I’d like to say that we’re in a serious relationship and this is not a fling.”
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