Overview

• Daejeon District Court’s Criminal Division 5 on July 29 found a woman in her 40s guilty of defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilisation and Information Protection.
• She received a six-month prison term suspended for two years of probation after posting 235 false allegations between January 2020 and March 2021 claiming harassment by Gong Yoo.
• Investigators confirmed that Gong Yoo had no personal relationship with the defendant and deemed all her accusations groundless.
• The court took into account her two prior convictions for similar offences, her admission of guilt, and her stated intention to seek psychiatric treatment when issuing a suspended sentence.
• Management SOOP announced it will continue monitoring digital channels and take uncompromising legal action against malicious posts targeting its actors.