EXO’s Suho and aespa file defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Sojang; first trial held on September 2, reveals report

Following BTS’ V and Jungkook, now EXO’s Suho and aespa possess filed court docket cases in opposition to the malicious YouTuber Sojang for defamation and slander. Constant with experiences, she attended the trial on September 2. Meanwhile, in the old few months, she has been sued by many K-pop idols and subsequently attended the hearings.

Constant with Korean media outlet Newsen’s file on September 4, all four aespa participants – Karina, Winter, Ningning, and Giselle along with their agency SM Leisure filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Ms. Park (35), the operator of the malicious YouTube channel Sojang. At the an identical time, SM Leisure confirmed that EXO’s Suho additionally sued the YouTuber for defamation and slander.

Reportedly, the predominant trial for the an identical became once held on September 2 at the Incheon District Court. Sojang is being indicted on charges of violating the Act on Promotion of Files and Communications Network Utilization and Files Protection (defamation).

For the unversed, Ms. Park is going thru many defamation court docket cases for creating at the least 23 malicious videos on her YouTube channel Sojang from October 2021 to June 2023. Constant with experiences, she has earned around 250 million KRW in income by defaming many K-pop idols like aespa, BTS’ V, Jungkook, IVE’s Jang Wonyoung, Kang Daniel, and extra.

On September 2, she additionally attended the 2nd listening to of BIGHIT MUSIC’s 90 million KRW defamation lawsuit in opposition to her. At the predominant listening to, she denied slandering the K-pop idols, pronouncing that she created to videos as a consequence of public interest.

At the 2nd listening to on September 2, her aspect again argued that she had no design of defaming the artists or causing obstruction of replace. Her appropriate consultant additionally claimed that it became once now not against the law since the total thing she said in these videos is believed to be correct. Staying right with their argument, Sojang’s aspect further claimed that everybody the videos had been created in response to her personal knowing, subsequently her actions can’t be defamatory.

Meanwhile, in January, IVE’s Jang Wonyoung and her agency Starship Leisure additionally sued the YouTuber. They won a 100 million KRW lawsuit in opposition to her. Nonetheless, Ms. Park’s aspect filed an appeal. The court docket made up our minds to refer the case as mediation however the events had been unable to attain an agreement.