KIM WOOJIN

My own investigation from an impartial point of view; a thread.

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KIM WOOJIN, April 8th, 1997, was accused this past Sept. 8th, of sexual misconduct against one (or more) females at alleged night clubs in the Itaewon area, Seoul, South Korea.

The Original Post from the first known victim @a1b3c4s9, cropped and edited by me, from other's ss.

The alleged victim narrates she's been sexually harassed by a male kpop idol, former member of a group, 3 months ago, possibly around May or June of this current year. She points out his aggressive reaction and use of denigrating terms towards her and a friend after rejecting him

+following his sexual misconduct, quote on quote, "he put his hands on both my friend's ass and on mine and tried to insist that we should do something with him".

After the unofficial declarations were made, people started speculating who the idol could be from the possible hints the alleged victim wrote:
"W. 우 big3"
And multiple unofficial sources started uploading alleged proofs to social media accounts, including new stories.

The next story is from another user (@fiQAPTzBGKDe79p), also an alleged victim, of the now implied, Kim Woojin.

"I couldn't take it anymore, so I took the chance to speak now"

Another user (@Qp1qs0kw2xQY0IK), posted a photo of the drinks they, and Kim Woojin had bought separately, seated on the same table across each other, expressively linking the place where it had happened, "Southsid* Parlor", in Itaewon, Seoul, SK+

with the date marked here by them at April 29th of the current year, and pointing out the outfit Kim Woojin was using that night, which is the same he wears in a photo uploaded to his IG account that same date, April 29th of 2020. This being alleged proof to their story.

Also another user ( @gxhwnxuun) posted this to their account, causing more users to come forward and talk about Kim Woojin's aggressive and odd attitudes towards his former group members, another allegation of what he is accused of.

In light of the allegations about harsh attitudes towards his members, the next day, Sept. 9th, another user ( @pmx2KfTXRwNPw0Q) decides to narrate the following story:

The user expresses how, them and another friend, followed Kim Woojin seemingly voluntarily to a motel, not specifying date or place, but depicting the situation as uncomfortable and hinting alleged sexual misconduct again, as quote on quote "he had..tiuched us it was so hard[...]

So far, this were the most shared and viewed stories from alleged victims in this platform.

Next my own investigation:

This was posted to a Filipino account, allegedly portraying "Kim Woojin" in a CCTV camera shot at a, so far unknown, alleged club, in Seoul, South Korea. The author's post stated they do not own a copy of the video because it's prohibited to share it.

The screenshot is clearly of low quality so it's difficult to distinguish figures and places, but the figure of a person in white or light green is obvious. This person, supposedly is Kim Woojin in question, and other users related this ss to a photo he had taken around June,+

to be exact, June 11(Junio) of the current year. In which he's seen wearing a white short sleeve t-shirt and a black cap with a white logo.
If we compare the photos next to each other, the difference is obvious.

Making my own research, I found out this screenshot was not of Kim Woojin, but Kim Sangkyo, a celebrity charged of sexual harassment towards 2 women, and violent conduct towards South Korean Police officers back in December of 2018. Here the full take of the CCTV camera:

The CCTV camera footage is not mine, extracted from a "Burning Sun" investigation profile in this platform: https://twitter.com/GreatvictoRi/status/1090681037817024522?s=19
Main acc: @/RiTaeDaeGTOP
Website: seungriscasefiles. com

So this screenshot proof is completely fake and I'll be discarding it as is.

Now for Kim Woojin's photo of June 11, after a quick observation and a simple search on Googl maps, I found where the photo had been taken:

Here the OG photo, and my observations, the SPA0 logo, a statue in the back and a possible store logo at the top of the building in red tones.

Here's the exact location of the site where this photo was taken, supposedly in June 11:
SPA0
161 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Corea del Sur https://goo.gl/maps/URChRQkNNDAzdoh48

Thinking about this being the day when the alleged sexual harassment occurred, I searched if Kim Woojin could have moved places that day to reach the night club where users where saying it occured, this being "Southid* Parlor", in the Itaewon area, Seoul, SK. It is possible:

In the picture above, I did a quick search, and from SPA0 to "Southsid* Parlor" there's a distance of around 46-70 minutes, so it is possible to be there fairly quickly.
Then again, we don't know the exact dates from the photos, but I'll try to search on that with some help.

I'LL BE ADDING MORE SLOWLY, AS I INVESTIGATE ON MY OWN AND I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL, IT TAKES ME SOME TIME TO SEARCH ALL OF THIS.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND I'M ONLY LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH IN ALL THIS, NOT WANTING TO FORCE ANYTHING. THANK YOU.

Following @Qp1qsOkw2xQY0IK's story about "Southsid* Parlor" from where we have photos of the table and presumably Kim Woojin in the scene. The photos need to be checked for veracity, so users in this platform took their time to do so, and so I did:

The pictures above were processed on an online service that let's you make an inspection to see if the photo was altered, the metadata of the picture, and some more.

First photo exposed the quality of the photo I uploaded, which affects the Error Level Analysis (ELA) directly.

Here's an example of an ELA reading of a photograph:

I'm not an ELA reading expert, but according to readings above and info page, original photos have more white "noise", and alterations show up on blue and red if they were edited on an Adobe platform. In Kim Woojin's photo, date is on white, and icons are on blue and red+

which seems to be suspicious, but can't be sure of since ELA also registers added or duplicated items edited into the photo as white and brighter, than unaltered original spots. Also, after saving an image more than once, the overall photo shows darker/lower in contrast with ELA.

So, after not being satisfied with ELA, I looked at the metadata.

Inside the orange rectangle, is the only date I found, which is nothing more than the ICC profile date of the image, NOT THE ACTUAL DATE OF WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN.

What's ICC profile then? The range of colours used by the device that took the photo.

And what does the Prof. Date Time indicate? When the ICC profile, used by the device to take the photo was created at first, so this date and time is only from the colour profile of the phone.

So after all this, I didn't want to leave proof of a possible OG date of the photo just like that, so I searched photos of Woojin at July in 2017, this being before debut and possibly during the survival program filming, and guess what, KW didn't had his ears pierced at the time+

Even during H-llevator MV, which was released October 6th 2017, we can see Kim Woojin with no apparent pierced ears:

Which led me to discard the photo being possibly taken long ago.

Now, from @Qp1qsOkw2xQY0IK, I didn't try to find metadata since it was a screenshot and it was useless, but I can say according to ELA reading THE PICTURE IS LEGIT, meaning it's an original photo in their camera roll. But, I still have to know if this is indeed from "SP" club.

The biggest hints in here are the WINE LIST, the WALL, the TABLE and the BACKGROUND. This happening in Wednesday, April 29, 2020, was during cøvd-19, "Southsid- Parlor" was open from 6pm-12am as usual with government regulations ofc:

Now knowing it was open, it is possible Kim Woojin and the alleged victim, were here. So I sent a dm to Southsid- Parlor in their IG account asking for their Wine List, then I went to their website to see the other menus, trying to find the Ballantine's Whiskey in the photo:

More of their menu, except the food menu:

I didn't see Ballantine's+

so I asked them directly again, and they answered me vaguely about their whiskey selection. But they did say they had whiskey from Scotland, so it could be Ballantine's. I'll update about this whiskey bottle again, hopefully with concrete answers.

Just wanted to put this up:

Kim Woojin's IG account had it's posts deleted as of today September 12 2020 (KST) at around 6am-8am.

So Today September 12, at around 1pm (KST) the official 10xEnt, Kim Woojin's alleged new company posted this to their twt account, which in my personal opinion is alarming as we know how this can develop in a close future: @10x_ent

https://twitter.com/10x_ent/status/1304636716360167424?s=19

After that, they posted this alleged proof of the Southsid- Parlor photo, supposedly confirming it's fake and fabricated out of a stolen picture from an IG user. I'll be checking this with my own investigation, later tonight.

This was also posted to their twt account, they express possible proof of their company being real, as it shows (in korean) they indeed are a registered company in South Korea since July 27th of the current year.

After doing some searching, I found the address led to a building that houses different types of business, unfortunately we don't have access to the details as the page won't allow me to check them, but there's a result in the second ss that's not labeled with a business+

name/brand, meaning it could be an empty space or a place that's yet to be registered publicly. With the links offered by 10xEnt, they do appear in that private platform, it's like a data base program you download and install on PC, it allows you to look for registered companies.

Now for the picture, it is from a user in IG, uploaded back in August 30, 2020. The location tag marks "Itaewon" and in one of the # it reads "CrownB" if you follow the tag, it send you to posts about a bar in Itaewon:

Take close attention to the GREEN TABLE, and THE WALL. None of Southsid- Parlor's table is green, and you can corroborate this by looking through their IG and Maps page photos, believe me, I've searched inch by inch in SP.

But what about this new bar "Crown B"'s tables?

If you pay attention to details, in the bottom left corner, next to the Wine List you can see a golden edge peeking out. In the first photo, "CrownB" has a golden decoration, it's edge is at the table's level. The color of all their tables near that gray wall, are green+

just like in the alleged proof photo of the presumed victim. With this, I can conclude the PHOTO claimed to be from SOUTHSID- PARLOR IS FROM ANOTHER BAR, "CROWN B", AND IT WAS NOT TAKEN BY THE ALLEGED VICTIM, but instead by that IG user, uploaded to their account in August 30.

I found this looking through CROWN B BAR'S instagram account. The same Ballantine's 12 bottle, the same Wine list, the same Ice box and the same cute drinks Coaster under the glass cup. This was posted to their IG account 7 days ago.
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About @10x_ent, I can't find anything suspicious about their proof of their company being registered, @/scourtkorea's linked page is a legit government platform, The Supreme Court of South Korea. About their location, you can find them in Naver, but in Gmaps is+

is difficult tracking the place, since the building they're supposedly located at, is a shared building with many other business, including many restaurants and some security/insurance offices. For now, I'll CONCLUDE THEIR COMPANY IS REGISTERED IN A RELIABLE SOURCE.

Today, Sept. 16 (KST), about 4hrs ago, owner of CrownB's Bar posted a comment in the IG user's stolen photo that was used as alleged proof by @Qp1qsOkw2xQY0IK.

Thanks to @/rarararaluvsong for sharing it and translating.

The rough translation: "Hey Chan***, it's May 'noona'. What is going on here? Someone stole your photo? Who is Woojin? LOL. I have a CCTV video of the day, that there were only guys drinking with you. Tell me if they keep bothering you. You can sue for defamation"

The CrownB Bar owner has answered other comments, clarifying this photo was between male friends at their bar, and that it was indeed stolen by @Qp1qsOkw2xQY0IK.

Another user in IG posted these two videos in August 29, pay close ATTENTION to the guy in the GRAYISH GREEN SHIRT, and HIS FRIEND BESIDES him with a BLACK GRAPHIC T-SHIRT.

The same GRAPHIC T-SHIRT GUY, can be seen in the PHOTO with the BALLANTINE'S bottle and WINE LIST. This photo is also from this IG user post of 29th August. SO NOW I CONCLUDE THIS PROOF IS DEFINITELY FAKE AND @Qp1qsOkw2xQY0IK WAS LYING.

Just wanted to add this to the record too, a bit late since we've all seen this alleged photo proof is already fake. I saw this when it came out but I had already conclude the photo was definetely fake.

I'm not able to corroborate this yet, but yesterday September 16, a new account was created @a1b3c4s98, claiming to be @a1b3c4s9's friend, and that they were with them the day of the alleged sexual harassment. The account posted the following tweets:

I've gathered all these screenshots with the help of more people, we've sent an email to 10xEnt hoping they'll address this user's claims, we're currently waiting for a response. I'll keep updating about this case.

Also wanted to say, this user has blocked me.