BTS’ V and Jungkook defamation case: YouTuber Sojang ordered to pay 76 million KRW in damages

YouTuber Sojang uploaded several malicious videos of South Korean celebrities, including IVE’s Jang Wonyoung, aespa, BTS’ V and Jungkook and Kang Daniel, for approximately two years. As a retaliation, the concerned artists filed cases in opposition to her and hearings of the case had been occurring since closing yr. In the latest developments, she became as soon as ordered to pay 76 million KRW ($fifty three,000 USD) for defaming V and Jungkook on February 14 KST.

The 12th Civil Division of the Seoul Western District Court docket ordered the Taldeok Camp YouTube channel owner, Sojang, to pay the heavy fine, following the outcomes of the 90 million KRW lawsuit filed by the BTS participants in January. The court acknowledged, “The defendant have to pay Huge Hit Tune 51 million KRW ($35,000 USD), V 10 million KRW ($7,000 USD), and Jungkook 15 million KRW ($10,000 USD).” The cyber offender uploaded 23 videos with unverified claims regarding the Okay-pop idols from October 2021 to June 2023.

Sojang made heavily edited defamatory videos regarding the artists, intentionally spreading false recordsdata to entice views and subscribers. The videos centered on invasive topics, including baseless claims about celebrities’ personal lives, physical appearances, and relationships, recurrently including rotten and demeaning comments. Quite a lot of pop stars esteem BTS had been victims of her online offense and all of them dragged her to court.

Previously, on February 2, she misplaced the case to IVE’s Jang Wonyoung and became as soon as ordered to pay 50 million KWN to her. The preliminary lawsuit quantity became as soon as 100 million KWN , but after careful judgments, the court reduced the amount to half. Sojang, on the opposite hand, re-appealed on extra reductions within the amount and the heading for the identical awaits. Soloist Kang Daniel, one other of her victims, furthermore won a 30 million KRW case in opposition to her, which she appealed as successfully.