Ji Soo’s legal representative, law firm Shin & Kim, revealed a new statement providing updates on the lawsuit and investigation on those who published accusatory posts against Ji Soo.
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Earlier this year, Ji Soo was ᴀᴄᴄᴜꜱed of having been a perpetrator of school ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ in middle school. There were also some ᴀᴄᴄᴜꜱations of ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ with coercion, but KeyEast Entertainment released a statement denying those claims. Following Ji Soo’s removal from the drama “River Where the Moon Rises,” production company Victory Contents filed a ʟᴀᴡꜱᴜɪᴛ for ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇꜱ against KeyEast, and KeyEast later announced that they terminated their contract with Ji Soo after a mutual agreement with the actor.
Shin & Kim announced last month that they were taking ʟᴇɢᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ against the people who made false ᴀᴄᴄᴜꜱations and spread false rumors.
On July 6, the law firm isꜱᴜᴇᴅ a new statement explaining that the creator of a post ᴀᴄᴄᴜꜱing Ji Soo of ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴀꜱꜱᴀᴜʟᴛ had admitted to the the post being false and apologized. Read the full statement below:
"As the legal representative of Ji Soo (hereafter referred to as “client”), our law firm would like to inform you about the progress of the case as follows.
In March 2021, false posts claiming that the client “committed a ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇ” in the past were uploaded to several anonymous online communities. In the case of the post claiming that the client ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟly ᴀꜱꜱᴀᴜʟᴛed his wife in the past, the writer of the post reached out to the client’s former agency to admit that the post was false and apologized. The other posts, however, continued to be spread and reproduced without any effort to verify the facts. As a result, the client filed criminal complaints against the writers of these false posts in order to correct the false information and bring the truth to light.
Through a search and seizure of IP addresses and more, the writer of the false post was identified recently, and it was confirmed that the person was someone with no connection to the client whatsoever. The writer is a soldier who enlisted in the ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ not long ago, and he admitted that he wrote the post and that the contents of it are all false. Through a handwritten letter sent from the ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ training center, he stated that he had written the false post due to his anxiety about his impending ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ᴇɴʟɪꜱᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ and sincerely apologized to the client. He also earnestly asked for leniency as he is currently serving in the ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ and his mother is fighting cancer.
Considering the circumstances of the writer as well as his own upcoming ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ᴇɴʟɪꜱᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ, the client accepted his apology and showed the writer leniency without any conditions. However, most of the other writers of the false posts immediately deleted their posts after setting the internet abuzz and have gone into hiding. We will show no leniency for these writers and continue to take ʟᴇɢᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.
Meanwhile, most of the posts that raised suspicions about the client being a perpetrator of school ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ in the past mostly contain false information. The client has ꜱᴜᴇᴅ the initial ᴀᴄᴄᴜꜱer and the writers of other posts and comments regarding school ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ for defamation. Recently, the court judged that there was enough reason to believe in the falsity of the posts and the ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇ suffered by the client, which led to a search and seizure warrant to be isꜱᴜᴇᴅ for the purpose of identifying the writers behind the school ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴜꜱation posts. We inform you that the related investigation is currently ongoing."
