The operator A of the 'Taldeok Prison' who uploaded fake videos maliciously defaming famous entertainers such as Ive's Jang Wonyoung and pocketed revenue in the hundreds of millions won appealed the appellate court ruling.
On the 15th, according to legal sources, the lawyer for YouTuber A, who was indicted on charges including defamation and insult under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, rejected the appellate court ruling and filed a notice of appeal at the Incheon District Court the day before.
In the appellate court, A was sentenced to two years in prison with a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay 210 million won in fines and forfeitures, as in the first trial. The order for 120 hours of community service was also upheld.
The court said, "It appears that various mitigating and aggravating factors were sufficiently considered in the first trial," and "Viewed as sentencing factors, the first-instance sentence does not appear unduly heavy or light, so the defendant's and the prosecution's appeals are dismissed."
A's reason for appeal is reported to be that the sentence is too heavy and the forfeiture order is unfair.
Earlier, A was indicted on charges of damaging the reputations of seven celebrities, including entertainers and influencers, by uploading 23 videos defaming them to the YouTube channel 'Taldeok Prison' that he operated from October 2021 to June 2023.
Separately, in the civil suit Jang Wonyoung personally filed against A, the court ruled that A must pay Jang Wonyoung 50 million won.
A was also fined 10 million won for defaming Kang Daniel, and was ordered to pay 30 million won in the damages suit. In addition, he was ordered to pay 76 million won in damages to BTS members V and Jungkook. However, A filed an appeal against those rulings as well.<
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