Scandals, intrigues, investigations: the groom of a South Korean athlete turned out to be a woman (6 photos + 1 video)

Nam Hyun Hee, one of the best fencers in South Korean history, recently found herself at the center of a scandal. She was fooled by a certain girl who managed to pass herself off as a guy and portray ardent romantic love. A little more - and the fraudster’s finger would have sported a wedding ring. All of South Korea is excited about this event.





Last Monday, 42-year-old Nam Hyun Hee introduced her fiance to the world. Rumors have been circulating for a long time that the famous former athlete has finally found love again. She divorced her cyclist husband in August after 12 years of marriage.



Nam Hyun Hee and her new boyfriend held a photo shoot and gave an interview in which they talked about their relationship. But instead of support from fans and the public, Nam Hyun Hee was hit with a barrage of accusations against her fiancé named Jung Chun Jo. She introduced him as a young chaebol (a term used to describe a man from a wealthy business family) who took part in equestrian competitions until an injury forced him to retire from the sport. However, according to everyone who recognized this man, he was just a fraudster - or rather, a fraudster, since in reality this is a woman posing as a man.



“Jung Chun Jo is a girl, but she didn’t even change her name, posing as a man...? And I'm her classmate. What kind of third generation chaebol? I know she grew up in Ganghwa. Just like Nam Hyun Hee... Please run away from her quickly!” — someone commented on the photo of the lovers.



“Wow... Jung Chun Jo? She lived on the floor below us. Then she bore the name Jung Chang Jo. Everyone on our block thought she was a man. When the police brought her photo and asked if anyone knew this woman, we were all shocked to know that she was a woman... The police were looking for her in connection with fraud,” another commenter wrote.



Soon, social media was filled with messages similar to the above, but Nam Hyun Hee not only rejected them, but also threatened legal action against anyone who tried to discredit her future husband. Despite Nam's attempts to protect her love, more and more evidence continued to appear on the Internet. One news outlet reported that Jeong is a student at Korea Horseman High School, an equestrian academy, and published photos of her. Other sources said that Jeong is an ex-convict who was imprisoned on charges of fraud and extortion, and that she is indeed a woman.

Celebrity news outlet Dispatch reported that in one case in 2019, Jeong posed as the illegitimate son of Philip Jeong, chairman of the board of directors of Paradise Hotel and Casino Group. However, the company's statement dismissed these claims as false. She was also sentenced to two years and three months in prison for defrauding numerous victims of money.



In the face of irrefutable evidence, Nam Hyun Hee finally broke off her relationship with Jung Chun Jo and announced that their wedding was cancelled. Chung did not take this news too well, and she was detained at the house of her ex-fiancée's mother... Chung rang the doorbell at one in the morning, demanding to be allowed into the house, and the police detained her, accusing her of harassment.

Interestingly, after Nam Hyun Hee announced her fiancé to the world, she said that she was pregnant with his child. When the truth was revealed and the former fencing star was asked how she could get the woman pregnant, she explained that the scammer had fed her fake pregnancy tests several times and she ended up believing the lies. However, she also revealed that her ex-fiancé was posing as a transgender man who had undergone gender reassignment surgery, making the idea of pregnancy impossible.

“I don’t know, that’s why I thought it was weird,” Nam said. — It seemed suspicious to me that the test showed a positive result. I was going to check everything at the gynecology clinic, but Chon kept stopping me.”

After the breakup, Nam Hyun Hee learned that her former “fiance” had already managed to use her name to deceive a number of investors, many of whom said that they had given money for a certainabout the “business idea” only because they trusted the former athlete.

Jung Chun Jo was released from custody because the police do not consider her to be prone to escape or destroy evidence, but she was banned from coming within 100 meters of Nam Hyun Hee, as well as from calling and texting.