Yoo spoke about Lee’s drinking in a 2015 appearance on SBS’ “Healing Camp.”
“We fought a lot because of drinking when we were dating. There were times he drank until dawn without telling me,” Yoo said. She said he broke promises to her for several days in a row and then came home at dawn “dead drunk.”
Yoo added that Lee wrote pledges — even stamping them with a fingerprint — promising to limit how many times a week he would drink and what time he would come home, but “he kept repeating the same mistakes and never changed.”
Police said Lee is suspected of driving while intoxicated and crashing into a median near Samseong Jungang Station on Seoul Subway Line 9 at about 2 a.m. on March 7, then fleeing the scene.
Lee allegedly left after the crash, parked at his home, then went to an acquaintance’s house before police detained him.
His blood alcohol level was reported to be high enough to warrant a license suspension.
Police said they plan to investigate the circumstances, including reviewing dashcam footage.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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