South Korea's 19-year-old "figure skating goddess" Lee Hae-in was accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old male teammate Seo Min-gyu, and was banned for three years After being banned for three years, the party Lee Hae-in finally took the initiative to show up to clarify the facts, but what is unexpected is that Lee Hae-in made it clear in an exclusive interview that he and Hsu Min-gyu have long been lovers, and took out a large number of chat records and photos of the two as evidence, which makes the whole thing seem to have a big reversal!
Let's review the whole thing first, a week ago, the Korean sports world once again exposed a shocking scandal! The Korean Skating Association suddenly punished two South Korean figure skaters, including 19-year-old South Korean figure skater and world champion Lee Hae-in, who was banned for three years, which directly led to Lee Hae-in losing the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan
However, the reason for Lee Hae-in's ban shocked countless netizens, because during the overseas training of the South Korean figure skating team last month, 19-year-old Lee Hae-in first drank illegally with his 20-year-old teammate Liu Yong, who is also the silver medalist of the 2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and after drinking, he even made an "violation" of the 16-year-old Korean figure skating superstar Seo Min-gyu, which caused an extremely bad impact on society
Later, according to a number of South Korean media reports, the details of the whole thing were also exposed, it turned out that Lee Hae-in was during the overseas training of the South Korean figure skating team last month, and his teammate Liu Yong illegally gathered to drink heavily, and then Lee Hae-in took his 16-year-old male teammate Seo Min-gyu to his residence, and carried out an "extremely bad" "violation" in front of Liu Yong, and although Liu Yong did not participate in the "violation", she filmed Lee Hae-in's reluctance. Afterwards, he also sent the video to Seo Min-gyu as a threat
After the incident was exposed, many South Korean people were extremely shocked by the incident, and the two "violators" were not announced after the initial incident was exposed, but when Lee Hae-in's photo was exposed, many people were also shocked and in an uproar, because the 19-year-old Lee Hae-in not only won the silver medal in the Four Continents Figure Skating Grand Prix, but also was a rising star of the Korean figure skating team, but also known as the Korean "figure skating goddess" because of his appearance and figure
Practicing figure skating all year round has given Lee Hae-in a well-proportioned figure, coupled with an angel-like pure appearance, which has also made Lee Hae-in the dream lover of many Korean men, but this incident has made Lee Hae-in's reputation completely fall into a trough
However, in comparison, the 16-year-old Xu Mingui has higher potential, he won the individual gold medal at the previous World Youth Championships, and is the focus of the South Korean figure skating team, after this incident, the Korean Skating Association banned all media interviews with Xu Mingui out of protection of Xu Mingui, and because Xu Mingui is a minor, the 19-year-old Lee Hae-in was banned for 3 years and directly missed the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, which is already highly competitive for South Korean figure skating, It is equivalent to basically ruining Li Hairen's career
After a week of fermentation of the incident, Lee Hae-in finally appeared publicly and clarified the whole thing, first of all, Lee Hae-in apologized to the South Korean people, she said "very, very sorry" for what she did, but at the same time, Lee Hae-in also firmly denied the accusation of "sexual assault" against her by her junior Hsu Min-gyu, she claimed that she and Hsu Min-gyu themselves have been a couple for many years, and they are also high school classmates, and they were only temporarily separated because of the disagreement of their parents, so the behavior of the two people is just a sweet interaction between lovers, does not violate social ethics and morality
So in order to prove this, Li Hairen not only released a large number of chat records between the two, but also showed a group photo of the two
In addition, Lee Hae-in also said that as a professional figure skater, she is really eager for the Milan Olympics in 2026, but now Lee Hae-in claims to be in a state of sadness and despair, and she feels that the whole world is about to collapse, so I hope that the Korean Figure Skating Association will be lenient!
And the lawyer who defended Lee Hae-in also said that the "violation" alleged by 16-year-old Seo Min-gyu, since the two have been lovers for many years, these behaviors are intimate acts in a relationship, and we fully explained this fact and asked for leniency for Lee Hae-in's drinking mistakes by the Korean Figure Skating Association!
Obviously, whether it is Lee Hae-in, Yoo Yong or Seo Min-gyu, they all belong to the young talents of the Korean figure skating team and are the hope of the team's future, but the impact of this incident is too bad, resulting in the Korean Skating Association having to punish Lee Hae-in and Yoo Yong, and many people also feel sorry for the 19-year-old Lee Hae-in, so will the Korean Figure Skating Association change the punishment of Lee Hae-in next? We'll keep an eye on it
Editor: Lao Zhang