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Actor Cha Seung-won and his son

Posted October. 08, 2014 01:27,   

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“Noah is my son born from my heart,” actor Cha Seung-won said when a man who claimed to be Noah’s birth father filed a lawsuit over damages worth 100 million won (93,670 U.S. dollars) against him. Although his wife brought her son, Noah 22 years ago, Cha raised him like his true son. When Noah created a problem for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor, Cha apologized on behalf of his son, saying, “I feel morally responsible for this as his father.” Later, the court ruled Noah innocent.

Cha, a model-turned-actor with a perfect look, appeared in many movies but he was successful in comic movies such as “Kick the Moon” and “Jail Breakers.” Fans liked his character in the movies because a man who spouts testosterone acted like a comedian. Another reason that made him famous is that he got married at 20. His wife, Lee Soo-jin, was popular after she posted her happy married life with a younger and famous husband on the Internet.

Internet users were puzzled about the lawsuit by the birth father. If he had wanted to claim his rights, he should have done his obligations. But he did not pay a single penny to foster his birth child and now filed a lawsuit for defamation as a birth father, which does not make sense at all. As Cha admitted, his wife’s small lie is also controversial. She described Cha as Noah’s birth father without mentioning her divorce in her essay book published in 1999, “A Life with a Younger Husband.”

“Cha, he is a man of character. His life is dramatic.” “Noah, you need to do better to your dad.” Instead of dealing a blow to Cha’s image, the case led to praises for the actor’s character. It is not easy for a 20-year-old man to run a family and do fathering for a child that his wife brought with her. Nevertheless, he loved his son with a secret of his birth. It is a contrast to former Prosecutor-general Chae Dong-wook, who denied that he was a birth father of his son last year. Like a scene in the movie “Like Father, Like Son,” Cha showed what a true paternal love is.