Breaking Up Is Better Than Divorce

evidence

“I apologize for having to present the evidence on the same day. However, the defendant was not determined to present this evidence until the last minute. It was a decision that was difficult to make easily for the honor of the plaintiff as well as the defendant.”

Eugene’s lawyer looked at the judge with a soft expression and said:

“So, if you submit it first, we will report and make a decision.”

Resolutely but respectfully, the judge spoke once more.

“But now the public condemnation of the defendant is too much. The media is blaming the defendant, which has a huge impact on the defendant’s business. If left unattended, not only the defendant, but also the defendant’s business associates will inevitably suffer enormous damage.”

The lawyer did not stop there and continued.

“Currently, the amount the defendant has invested in the Korean industry alone has reached 1 trillion won, and the amount to be invested is 3 trillion won. As the amount of damage suffered by businesses invested by the defendant is enormous, the current situation that damages the reputation of the defendant can no longer be seen as it is. Please consider this.”

The lawyer looked at the judge with remarks close to intimidation.

In Korea, above all else, economic logic works well.

“This is a story that has nothing to do with this case. Please consider the victim’s point of view!”

The other side’s lawyer shouted desperately as if he had gone back to his time as a prosecutor.

“It has a lot to do with this lawsuit. Plaintiffs are not the only ones suffering from this lawsuit.”

Eugene’s lawyer spoke leisurely.

“If this evidence relates to the plaintiff’s honor, it must be rejected. He needs time to review the evidence.”

The other side’s lawyer also had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, and he said it desperately.

“According to Article 290 of the Civil Procedure Act, when it is the only evidence of the facts claimed by the parties, it must be adopted as evidence. Please allow me to verify this evidence now.”

Eugene’s lawyer lightly objected.

“Judge!”

The opposing lawyer opened his mouth to speak again, but the judge refused with a hand gesture.

And for a moment, the eyes of the judge and the lawyer collided in the air.

“Hard adventure….”

And after a while, it was the judge who turned his head first.

It’s not easy to turn down a request from someone who was your boss until recently.

Rejecting the small wishes of the former judge of the Seoul Central District Court will not result in any immediate disadvantage, but in the long run, it is undoubtedly a loss.

What is the reason for Eugene, who had recently retired from the court of the Seoul Central District Court, to write the full sentence, paying a high price?

In fact, in the original case, it would be correct to listen to the defense counsel over there.

But at this moment, the judge is in charge of the trial, and the judge’s heart is already leaning to one side.

If the other party had used a lawyer like Eugene, it would have been quite difficult.

But on the other side, a young female lawyer was hired to cosplay the weak victim.

He seemed to be a promising lawyer at a large law firm, but it was difficult to get through this mess.

“Judge!”

The plaintiff’s lawyer shouted harshly.

“be quiet. I decide whether to accept the evidence or not.”

Unlike seeing Eugene’s lawyer, the judge frowned and said to the plaintiff’s lawyer.

“If it’s such an important piece of evidence, play it first. If the defendant is suffering so much and there is a lot of damage to the Korean economy, it is worth taking a look at it at least.”

The presiding judge said with the attitude of continuing a fair trial.

Eugene’s lawyer emphasized the economic damage to give the judge an excuse.

“thank you. Judge.”

Moments later, the lawyer, with the help of court staff, connected the laptop to the judge’s speakers.

When the lawyer plays the video on the laptop, a man and a woman in Banra are shown talking in bed affectionately.

The laptop’s screen was not so large that everyone in the presiding judge couldn’t see the details, but the two men could hear the conversation through the speaker.

“Chief. how about it?”

The woman asked, dragging the man’s hand to her stomach.

“How is it?”

“Child . . . can you feel our child moving?”

“Is it time to feel it already?”

“At 16 weeks, it’s time to start having a baby.”

The woman said with a proud expression.

“If there is a reporter in the audience, we will prohibit broadcasting or sending articles until the end of this trial. If it is violated, we will severely punish it according to the law.”

The presiding judge warned reporters when the situation took an unexpected turn.

Then the faces of some reporters hardened.

Eugene glanced around the audience.

It seems that most of the people who filled the auditorium are journalists from the press.

Some of them are at Eugene’s request, and some of them will probably be covered by Daeyang’s orders.

Some of the reporters who were taking notes while watching the trial process or using their laptops to record the incident quickly started reporting what they were watching to the company.

Some reporters made eye contact with Eugene and smiled.

They are probably reporters hired by Sejong Public Relations.

A certain reporter stares at Eugene with a grim expression.

This one seems to be the other way around. it will be difficult It’s an interview that came out to bury Eugene, but the video you’re watching now shows conversations you never thought possible.

In the video, the two men and women chatted for a while about the child in their womb.

“How is it? Are you going to proceed with the Qatar case?”

Then the subject of the conversation changed, and the man’s voice hardened.

“I don’t know yet. He seldom talks about his company.”

The woman answered with a slightly hardened voice.

“You’re getting married the day after tomorrow, are you still there?”

“I think it will be different after we get married.”

“Yeah… you don’t know the password for your laptop yet?”

“yes. Never opened a laptop in front of me. I think that will change after we get married.”

“If you don’t want must make it that way Can you do it?”

It was a soft expression, but no one looked at it like a compulsion.

“I will do that. please.”

“And what about Sungjin Precision?”

“I am going to visit the factory next week. Talking to the boss is going well. The expansion of the factory has been completed, and additional personnel are scheduled to be hired. We don’t have to worry about the extra volume.”

“You know that’s the main one, right? We need to grow the factory as much as possible.”

“yes. Within two years, we plan to expand it to three times what it is now. All necessary funds will be borrowed from the Hanju Savings Bank.”

“Good.”

The man straightened his hardened face and touched the woman’s body again.

“From here on, there will be scenes that are embarrassing for each other, so I’ll stop.”

The lawyer looked at the judge and said.

“All right. Just look at this.”

As the judge spoke with a frown on his face, the court clerk paused the video on his laptop.

“I will continue the newspaper.”

The lawyer asked again, and the judge agreed.

“Kang Yu-jin, do you know who the woman just appeared in the video?”

“yes. Until then, she was my fiancee.”

Eugene answered with a sad face.

“Then do you know who the man is?”

“I know that it is Ryu Seong-gyu, who is in charge of the business division of Daeyang Solutions.”

“If it is Daeyang Solution, is it an affiliate of the Daeyang Group?”

Just as Eugene was about to answer, the plaintiff’s lawyer shouted.

“It has nothing to do with this case!”

“be quiet. Whether it matters or not, I decide.”

The judge looked at the lawyer with a stiff face and said.

“Daeyang Solutions is a subsidiary of the Daeyang Group, and I understand that it is deeply related to Daeyang Heavy Industries. In addition, Ryu Seong-gyu, head of the business division, is said to be the grandson of the Chairman of the Daeyang Group.”

Eugene continued the paused answer.

“Then why was the head of Daeyang Solutions’ business division interested in Eugene’s work?”

“At the time, Myeongseong Industries, where I was working, was preparing a bid for the construction of an oil refinery in Qatar. And I heard that Daeyang Heavy Industries was also planning to participate in the same bid.”

“So you mean that Daeyang Heavy Industries was trying to steal Myeongseong’s trade secrets using Eugene’s fiancee?”

The plaintiff’s lawyer once again shouted in a convulsive manner.

“Judge! Stop the testimony! This is a completely different thing!”

“Lawyer. If you disturb the testimony one more time, I will send you out.”

The judge glared at the lawyer and warned.

The lawyer bit his lip and looked at the judge, but there was nothing he could do.

It’s not his fault that this happened, but if the situation gets out of hand and someone is held accountable, he will certainly be the first target of the arrow.

Above all, it is her responsibility that the video of that evidence was released. I had to stop the disclosure anyway.

Now, the lawyer, who had a bright future, was hated by Daeyang Group, the largest client of his law firm.

“Continue.”

The judge turned his head to Eugene and said, ignoring the lawyer who was looking at him.

“yes. I can only think of it that way. It seems that Daeyang Heavy Industries tried to seize the business plan of Myeongseong Trading Co., which I knew, by convincing my fiancee through Ryu Seong-gyu, head of the business division of Daeyang Solutions.”

“What would have happened if we had married without knowing this?”

Eugene’s lawyer asked again.

“If we lived together, I think I would have shared with my wife some of the things I knew about the company. And since I work from home quite a bit, she should have been able to access confidential documents on my computer.”

“Was the witness playing an important role in various projects hosted by Myeongseong as the team leader in the project organizing division of Myeongseong?”

“yes. That’s right. I was in charge of one of five teams in the Project Organizing Group. The matters I was dealing with were highly confidential that should not be made public.”

“If the marriage went as planned and the plaintiff had access to the defendant’s computer, there would have been considerable damage to Myeongseong.”

The lawyer said several times emphasizing fame and ocean.

Of course, it was all Eugene’s order.

“I cannot give you a definitive answer. I would have been very careful. But no matter how careful I was, I don’t know how much I kept my mouth shut from my beloved wife. There are a total of five affiliates of large conglomerates that are promoting project organizing in Korea. Among them, Daeyang and Reputation have competed in the same business several times until now. If the secrets I knew were leaked, I’m sure they would have been affected, be it small or large.”

“When you saw this video, how did the Witnesses feel?”

“It was embarrassing. Even before that, I was a little puzzled, but…”

Eugene was still speechless.

“If you have this kind of evidence, why didn’t you disclose it in the first place?”

“Honestly, I didn’t think it would be good for the other party or for me to disclose this.”

“Are you talking about the defendant?”

“yes. The mere fact that I almost leaked information about one’s own company through a competitor’s scheme will make everyone realize how stupid I am. And it was difficult to tell my parents that the company I had been building for a long time was almost taken away by the scheme of the person I loved. I still don’t know if I’m doing it right. It is hard to imagine how painful it will be for you two to find out about this.”

In response to Eugene’s remarks that seem painful even now, the lawyer paused for a moment.

“I would like to offer my condolences to Kang Yu-jin. But it’s a courtroom now, so I’ll have to make sure I’m clear on what needs to be revealed at the trial. Are you saying that your father’s company was being targeted?”

“yes. At the end of the video, you see two people mocking it up. However, it seems difficult to reveal it here because of the outfits of the two.”

“So you mean that the plaintiff in this case and the grandson of the Daeyang Group chairman are now having s*x and talking about a plan to take over the company run by the defendant’s father, who was then the plaintiff’s fiancée?”

“As far as I know, yes. You can find out more by watching the video.”

That was then. The defense attorney on the other side, who had been silent, shouted again.

“The video is a voyeur video that infringed on the personal life of another person, and cannot be accepted as evidence according to the unicorn theory. Judge, please forbid reporters from divulging the facts today!”

“The solitary conspiracy theory examines whether the evidence is illegal in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Act. This case is a civil case. And this video is not a voyeur, but a video recorded by a security camera installed at Yujin Kang’s home.”

“That does not change the fact that it is illegal evidence.”

The lawyer tried to use the pods he had barely caught.

“It’s not a voyeur, it’s not illegal. I will prove it from now on. Kang Yujin, how did you come to install the security camera that filmed this video?”

“At the time, my fiancee asked me to install a camera for the baby to be born. I only bought the camera, and he did the installation himself. I didn’t even know that the security camera was working, and I found it by accident the day before the wedding. and······.”

Eugene paused for a moment and tried to put on a miserable expression.

“If you look at the second half of the video, there are conversations that the reason for installing this camera is to monitor my activities in the house, and also to take a voyeur between the couple.”

Fortunately, Eugene was able to put on a gloomy expression without too much difficulty.

When I think about it, even decades later, it was a fact that still broke my heart.

“I will present evidence of payment for the surveillance camera with Kang Yu-jin’s card.”

Attorney nailed it.

“Lawyer. I have something to say?”

The judge looked at the plaintiff’s lawyer and asked with a disapproving expression.

“yes? It is still necessary to check whether the evidence is illegal or not.”

For the lawyer, that was the only club.

“I will judge that. If there are no opposing newspapers, I will finish my own papers here.”

The judge declared.

“I will withhold whether the evidence submitted today will be accepted or not. I will end this argument with this.”

The judge stood up from his seat with a displeased face.

“You did a really good job.”

Eugene expressed her gratitude to the former chief of the Seoul Central District Court for her hard work that day.

“You suffered. Was it a difficult time?”

The lawyer, whose solemn face had already been removed a long time ago, bowed slightly and patted Eugene’s shoulder.

“How will the trial go?”

“What. I don’t know if the other party will be willing to proceed further. haha.”

Anyone could see that it was over.

“ruler. Let’s go listen.”

The moment the white-haired old men rose from their seats with their faces turned white, the lawyer who was sitting on the other side of the plaintiff, with a blue face, was contemplating what to do with this situation.

shortly before the trial ends.

A woman who had just gotten out of a taxi that had stopped in front of the courthouse heard the ringing and took her cell phone out of her handbag.

“yes. Arrived. It’s in front of the courthouse. Yeah? I beg your pardon? are you back? why? taxi!”

Following the instructions, she first raised her hand and tried to catch a taxi again.

But there are no taxis that stand out right now. The taxi I took had already left with someone on board.

That was then.

People are rushing in from the other side.

“Han Chae-ah!”

The man with the camera around his neck called her name.

“yes? I beg your pardon?”

The woman is startled when she hears an urgent sound from the phone she is still holding.

“Mr. Han Chae-ah! It is said that there was evidence of Han Chae-ah’s immoral conduct in the courtroom today.”

The first reporter to arrive asks.

At the same time, a reporter following behind raised the camera.

flash!

flash fires

“yes? Now reporters…”

The woman went into a panic.

are you running away? Where? why?

“Han Chae-ah. Is it true that you enjoyed a secret meeting with General Manager Ryu Seong-gyu?”

“I heard that you were trying to get married under the guise of getting information from a famous boss, right?”

The woman’s face hardened at the voices that came from here and there.

“Chiba…….”

It was at the same time that the swear words burst out without knowing it.