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Nina Metz: Made up rape story or not, David Choe’s remarks were public long before ‘Beef.’ Our silence on them is deafening

David Choe attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix' s "Beef" at Tudum Theater on March 30, 2023, in Hollywood, California.

The Netflix TV series “Beef” stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as strangers who become locked in an unwinnable battle to destroy one another’s lives after a road rage encounter. I admire the show more than I like it — it pinged all my anxiety receptors — but I liked it enough to give the show three stars.

I might have written something different had I known what I know now.

David Choe has a supporting role in “Beef,” playing the cousin to Yeun’s character — he’s a bad influence recently out of prison and looking to set up his next scam.

On Twitter, a few days after is graphic and disturbing, and involves Choe committing a sex act in front of a masseuse and then forcing her into a sex act.

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