Nam Joo Hyuk was revealed to be the perpetrator of campus bullying in 2022, and his company "Management SOOP" immediately clarified and filed a lawsuit to defend the artist's reputation, and it was successfully sued. However, on the 8th, there was an extra-case case, it turned out that it was A who broke the news to B who worked in the media, but the report written by B did not match what he said, and he thought he was right, so he decided to appeal.
According to Korean media reports, A was talking to B at the time that he was bullied by Nam Joo Hyuk's friends on campus during high school, but the other party wrote "He was bullied by Nam Joo Hyuk", and the content of the article even said "Because I was bullied by Nam Joo Hyuk for 6 years from junior high school to high school, I am still receiving physical and mental treatment."
At that time, "Management SOOP" immediately came forward to clarify Nam Joo Hyuk, and decided to file a lawsuit against B, who wrote the news, and A, who broke the news, for defamation. A emphasized that he said at the beginning that he was bullied by Nam Joo Hyuk's friend, not Nam Joo Hyuk, so he also told B that he wanted to revise the content.
However, on March 28, the Goyang District Court issued a final verdict: "A called B and provided false information in order to slander Nam Joo Hyuk, and B published it, so both A and B will be fined 7 million won (about RMB 37,000) each." ”
A decided to appeal because he was very aggrieved, and the lawyer conveyed on his behalf, "A didn't say Nam Joo Hyuk at the beginning, but Nam Joo Hyuk's friends, this is a clear fact, and there is also a lot of physical evidence, which will be presented during the public trial." ”
Korean netizens felt aggrieved for Nam Joo Hyuk after seeing the news, "He has a heavy image damage because of this incident", "Nam Joo Hyuk is so pitiful", "I remember saying that he was friends with the perpetrator of school bullying, and everyone said that it was like this because of the gathering of likes, and there are photos of them", "Let's maintain a neutral attitude".