BTS’ V and Jungkook likely to visit court for settlement procedure against Sojang in 90M KRW defamation case

BTS member V and Jungkook’s defamation case in opposition to YouTuber Sojang could perchance also take a new turn. Per a July 3 tale by the Okay-media outlet Star This present day, presumably the most in vogue replace on the case suggests that the court docket expects every parties to attain a settlement. The Okay-pop stars could perchance also must wait on the court docket discussion in person this time, as this would possibly occasionally now not be the identical because the earlier trials.

Courtroom hearing for BTS’ V and Jungkook’s settlement with perpetrator to be held on July 21

V and Jungkook could perchance also participate in a court docket-mediated discussion on July 21 at 9:40 am KST (6:10 am IST) to explore a likely settlement of their defamation lawsuit in opposition to Sojang, the operator of the YouTube channel Taldeok Camp. This constructing follows the 2d-level court docket’s redirection of the case to this layout from a corpulent hearing on June 16.

The discussion objectives to facilitate a mutually acceptable settlement between the parties. The settlement pathway will enable the perpetrator and the sufferer to comprise interplay in discussions and attain a mutually helpful smash consequence with the court docket’s aid. If a settlement is successfully reached, this would possibly occasionally lift the identical honest authority as a highest court docket ruling, as stipulated in Article 28 of the Civil Plot Act.

Even supposing news of V and Jungkook showing in court docket themselves for the settlement has been making rounds, there would possibly be no such thing as a legit confirmation in relation to the identical.

Extra about V and Jungkook’s defamation case

In February 2025, YouTuber Sojang was stumbled on guilty of spreading false data about V and Jungkook thru her YouTube channel from October 2021 to June 2023. She allegedly posted 23 such defamatory narrate linked to the Okay-pop stars, and this skill that, was ordered by the 12th Civil Division of the Seoul Western District Courtroom to pay 76 million KRW (round Fifty three,000 USD) in damages.

From amongst them, 51 million KRW was to hunch to BTS’ agency, BIGHIT MUSIC, 10 million KRW to V, and 15 million KRW to Jungkook. On the other hand, before all the things, a 90 million KRW lawsuit was filed by the BTS contributors in January 2025. They obtained the case, but the damages fee quantity was changed to 76 million KRW as per the court docket ruling.