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"Seven years of his life have been wasted, with proceedings dragging out, when it was plain all along that there was never any solid evidence," he told the BBC.

Another victim was woken up and dragged out of his bed, forced to wake his brother, and hand over the keys to their BMW.

You don’t want those types of issues dragging out throughout the offseason and kind of being a theme going into the season.”

On Tuesday, Yoon was asked if he had ordered military commanders to "drag out" lawmakers from parliament on the night he declared martial law, in order to prevent them from overturning his order.

These cases can drag out for many years, as the relationship between parents deteriorate, and children are affected.