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On the midnight of August 22nd, 2002, he was once again detained by Gangnam police department for driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.054%. Lee Jung Jae confessed to the police that he had consumed three bottles of beer at a bar with friends before driving.
The actor was also involved in two brawls at the beginning of the year 2000. The first incident occurred in 1999 at a bar in Seoul, Cheongdamdong. While drinking with four friends, Lee Jung Jae was accused of assaulting a man named Pyo (30 years old).
The second assault allegation against the actor happened when he injured a 22-year-old woman outside a nightclub in Haeundae-gu, Busan, on September 26th, 2000. According to reports, he pulled and kicked the woman, causing her injuries that required her to be hospitalized for two weeks. At that time, the actor reached a settlement with the victim and asserted that there was no physical contact involved.
Many international netizens have also found articles quoting the actor making homophobic remarks during a 2013 interview with Vogue Korea: ''Some time ago, X went to heaven… (Before passing away) I told X 'Don't be homosexual anymore'. Wasn't that enough? But it wasn't that easy at all.
This incident led online communities to speculate that the person Lee Jung Jae referred to was the creative director Woo Jong Wan, a close friend of the actor. Although Woo Jong Wan has never publicly disclosed his sexual orientation, there have been many rumors suggesting that he is part of the LGBT community.
The exposure of Lee Jung Jae's scandal-ridden past has shocked many new fans of the actor. Many people are astonished by the actor's past actions and wonder about the true nature of the Squid Game star.
Numerous comments from the international fan community criticize the actor's past behaviors and demand an explanation. Lee Jung Jae's representatives have yet to make any statement regarding these resurfaced allegations.
