"I tried to apologize directly to the victim, but...Failed to meet, asking for 100 million settlement money each"
Setter Lee Da-young (26), who left Korean professional volleyball and plays in overseas leagues after being cited as the perpetrator of "school violence," bowed once again to volleyball fans about the unsavory things that happened in the past.
He stressed that the school violence was committed by him and had nothing to do with his twin sister, Lee Jae-young.
Since February 2021, when the controversy over the twin sisters' school violence caused a stir, Lee Jae-young has been kicked out of his team Heungkuk Life Insurance and is currently training individually without his team.
Lee Da-young, who signed an off-season contract with French women's volleyball Bolero Le Cane, volunteered for a press conference before leaving for Paris on the morning of the 5th and said, "The school violence problem was my problem when I was in my second year of middle school."
He then explained, "I want to correct that part and I asked for this position to say sorry to the fans once again."
The two twins call each other 'Lee Jae-young' and 'Lee Da-young' on official occasions.
Lee Da-young reiterated, "The school violence case is not related to Lee Jae-young," and recalled, "It was an incident that occurred when I got along well with my friends in the 2nd grade of middle school (Jeonju Geunyoung Girls' Middle School), and it ended well and became known as a school violence two years ago."
At that time, Lee Da-young and Lee Jae-young are suffering from indiscriminate criticism after Lee Da-young reportedly held a weapon while unable to control her emotions when arguing with her friend.
When asked by reporters whether Lee Jae-young could have apologized directly through the social networking service (SNS) account immediately after the announcement of the incident and revealed that Lee Jae-young was irrelevant, he replied, "Since we belong to Heungkuk Life Insurance, there were parts we couldn't do as we wanted, and there were parts we could talk about."
Since then, nothing has been clearly revealed in the police investigation, and the twin sisters have faced five victims of school violence in a legal lawsuit, but no agreement has been reached.
Lee Da-young said, "After the incident, I meet the victims in person, apologize sincerely, and ask for forgiveness, but they still avoid meeting and can't contact them," adding, "The friends are asking for 100 million won per person (as a settlement money)."
"I can only say that I am so sorry for everything," he said. "Once again, if I have a chance, I want to apologize to my friends at the time and ask for forgiveness," he said calmly, "I naturally admit that I did wrong, but I want to correct the parts that are not true."
Meanwhile, Lee Da-young also briefly mentioned his relationship with A, the main gun and senior member of the volleyball team, who was in conflict at Heungkuk Life Insurance just before the school violence incident was belatedly known.
Lee Da-young said, "The controversy caused by the problem with Player A was the same," adding, "I would rather ask him why he did it." He never hit the ball I put up. There were such problems," he confessed. 토토사이트
Lee Da-young, who moved to the French league through the Greek and Romanian leagues, said, "I'm so grateful to be able to play on the stage I thought of as a dream and it's fun," adding, "I'm having an experience abroad that I can't learn."
As the exact truth of the school violence case has been delayed and Korean women's volleyball has struggled in international competitions such as the Volleyball Nation League (VNL) for the second consecutive year, some in the volleyball world are saying to forgive and give the two players a chance.
In fact, unlike many players in domestic professional sports who have been identified as perpetrators of school violence cases, apologize publicly and continue to play in active duty, one twin sister Lee Jae-young and Da-young left Korea due to constant criticism, and one is in a position to stop playing.