Jang Won-young’s Side Expect Punishment For Malicious YouTuber Sojang In Court Ruling

On April 14th, the Criminal Division 1 of Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office indicted A without detention on charges of defamation and insults under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection.

In this regard, Starship said to Star News, “We look forward to the results of the thorough investigation and prosecution of indiscriminate defamation crimes occurring online and expect reasonable punishment and penalties in future court rulings”.

A is accused of defaming seven celebrities, including entertainers and influencers, by posting malicious videos about them 23 times on their personal YouTube channel “Sojang”. Also, A reportedly uploaded videos disparaging the appearances of five people on “Sojang” 19 times.

A distributed false information, such as “Jang Won-young was jealous, so she caused the debut of another trainee to fail”, “Other celebrities also committed prostitution and did plastic surgery”, etc., to damage the images of celebrities.

The prosecution analyzed the “Sojang” account and found out that A earned 250 million won within two years starting from June 2021. In particular, A even purchased real estate using part of the profits from that YouTube channel.

The prosecution took over the cases of three victims, including Jang Won-young, from the police in December last year and conducted supplementary investigations. Last month, they received additional complaints from five more victims. In February and April, the prosecution requested arrest warrants for A twice but the court dismissed them all.

A explained that they created videos just to express their own opinions, the prosecution found additional videos of many celebrities on the laptop A used for video editing during a search of A’s house and confirmed that A even attempted to destroy evidence by deleting their YouTube channel.

Source: daum