Following suspicions of Jung Joon Young soliciting prostitution abroad while filming the 2016 variety show “Hitmaker,” JTBC denied the network’s involvement.

JTBC said, "JTBC has nothing to do with prostitution" when Jung Jun-young's "hit maker" appeared. 

Jung Jun Young, who was recently arrested on charges of shooting and distributing sexually explicit images, was also surrounded by suspicions of prostitution in overseas shooting locations. On June 29, one media reported that Chung Joon-young had been prostituted in Germany in 2016. 

In particular, the fact that Jung Jun-young's prostitution was shot at the time of JTBC "Hit Maker" was announced, and the program was at the center of controversy. Chung Joon-young sent a message to CNN Blue member Lee Jong-hyun saying "Berlin is funny" and that he was prostituting in Germany. He told Lee Jong-hyun, The girls are okay. There are plenty of Romanian children, "he admitted to prostitution. 

'Hitmaker', which was broadcasted in May 2016, was an artistic program in which Jung Jun Young, Kang In, Jeong Jin Woon and Lee Cheol Woo appeared. It was a Stylish Performance performance trilogy trilogy in which four major stars were selected as a style icon expedition and interact with young people around the world. 

In response to the controversy, JTBC said on the 29th, "We are planning to make and distribute a program in JTBC," "Hitmaker" is an outsourcing program that JTBC does not participate in production at all. All of the people who were responsible for the program at that time were also turned off. It is hard to find data about the outsourcing production companies or production crews. "

JTBC added, "We have deleted all the VODs of 'Hitmaker'."