SBS Life‘s ‘Roundtable Lawyers’ has once again shocked viewers with a surprising story.

Episode 7 of ‘Roundtable Lawyers’, which aired on the 24th, revealed the stories of a wife who is concerned about child custody due to her husband’s double life and a woman who claims that her marriage was a fraud, drawing anger and sympathy from the cast.

The first client that day was a 45-year-old woman who decided to divorce her husband due to his repeated lewd behavior. The wife raised the children between her husband and his ex-wife as if they were her own children and protected her family, and the children also opened their hearts after accepting her sincerity. However, the husband was found to have enjoyed lewd chats with multiple people through an adult app, causing shock. Even more shocking was the fact that he had been keeping videos of himself having sex with other women, not just his wife. In particular, everyone was shocked when a video with a woman cosplaying as a school uniform was discovered.

The wife, worried that her husband‘s behavior would affect the children, eventually decided to get a divorce. The wife strongly insisted on custody after hearing that the children wanted to live with her and not their biological father. After hearing this story, Tak Jae-hoon said, “The most disappointing person here is one person. That is the client,” and felt sorry for the wife’s devotion, while Lee Ji-hye said, “What was most surprising was the courage of the children who said they wanted to live with their stepmother who embraced them and took care of them wholeheartedly rather than their biological father,” and was touched by the wife‘s deep love, saying, “A mother’s love came through.”



The second client was a 35-year-old woman who had been married for five years and had given birth only two months ago. This client strongly demanded annulment of marriage, mental damages, deprivation of parental rights and child support for the child she gave birth to, claiming that her marriage was a fraudulent marriage. The couple met and got married while doing volunteer work at a daycare center, and the husband was a kind person who showed affection throughout their marriage. However, despite desperately wanting a child, they had difficulty conceiving, and eventually, at the husband‘s suggestion, they adopted a child from a daycare center and started a new family.

However, something unexpected happened after the adoption. When people around them kept saying that the child resembled her husband, the client became anxious and had a genetic test done. The test results showed that her husband and the child were the biological children. Tak Jae-hoon couldn’t hide his shock at this, saying, “Is this a movie?” and “It‘s their child, but they put it in a daycare center and pretended not to know and adopted it?” It was revealed that the husband had kept the child a secret from a woman he had dated in the past and had paid 80 million won and not filed a paternity claim.

What was even more shocking was that the mother-in-law, who was furious at the husband for not knowing this fact, also knew all of this. On top of that, the husband lied that the biological mother had died, further deceiving the client. The biological mother was still alive and had been seeing the child and receiving money. Lee Ji-hye was furious and said, “Where did this lie end?” She continued, “There are many couples who desperately want children, and it’s a shame that they have to go to people who are not prepared,” drawing sympathy from viewers.

The broadcast that day went beyond simple legal consultation and raised deep thoughts about the meaning of family and the nature of marital relationships. The stories of one person‘s devotion, betrayal, and deep love for children resonated deeply with viewers.

‘Roundtable Lawyers’ is a divorce-specialized entertainment program that analyzes and solves stories based on actual divorce cases. It airs every Monday at 8:40 p.m. on SBS Life and SBS Plus.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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