28 December 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\nLee Sun-kyun had been dropped from a string of projects weeks before his death.<\/p>\n
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Lee Sun-kyun had been dropped from a string of projects weeks before his death<\/p>\n
\nThe critically acclaimed \u2018Parasite\u2019 actor, 48, was found unconscious in a car in a central Seoul park on Wednesday (27.12.23), South Korea\u2019s emergency office announced, with the country\u2019s Yonhap news agency reporting his body was found after his wife Jeon Hye-jin alerted police to what appeared to be a suicide note she had found from her husband. <\/p>\n
\nHe was being investigated by police over allegations of taking marijuana and a powder which his bar hostess accuser said was ketamine.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s now emerged that after news of an official investigation into his alleged drug use was published in late October, he was dropped from major projects including the mystery thriller TV show \u2018No Way Out\u2019, which started shooting that month. <\/p>\n
\nAccording to local media, the production company in charge of shooting the show sought to fire him after police said they may have needed a sample of his hair for drug testing. <\/p>\n
\nLee insisted he had not knowingly taken illegal drugs, and passed toxicology tests \u2013 and was demanding a lie detector test at the time of his death, to assess whether he or the hostess, known only as \u2018A\u2019, was telling the truth. <\/p>\n
\nHe claimed she was trying to blackmail him, and had filed a criminal case.<\/p>\n
\nDad-of-two Lee told reporters after his first questioning on 28 October at the Nonhyeon Police Station in Incheon: \u201cI would like to sincerely apologize once again for causing so many people concerns.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI will answer all questions truthfully. \u2018A\u2019 tricked me into doing drugs. I did not know that what she handed me were illegal drugs.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nSouth Korea\u2019s strict laws on drug use mean those who sell or buy marijuana face a minimum of one year in prison, while users can be sentenced to up to five years in prison or fined up to nearly $40,000. <\/p>\n
\nLee was accused of using ketamine, marijuana and psychedelics on multiple occasions. <\/p>\n
\nHis 23 December questioning was likely to be his last, police sources told local media, and the session lasted 19 hours, with Lee leaving the police station in the early hours of Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n
\nHe was discovered three days later, inside of a car near Waryong Park in northern Jongno-gu, Seoul. <\/p>\n
\nIn May 2009, after seven years together, Lee married fellow actress Jeon Hye-jin and the couple had two sons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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