MUSIC
Jeon Hong-jun, sues insider for defamation
On the 11th, Attract said, “Mr. A, who impersonated an insider and was interviewed in the 1365th episode of SBS’ ‘I Want to Know’ aired on August 19th, ‘Billboard and Girl Groups – Who Broken the Wings’, has been indicted for giving false information. “We filed a complaint with the Gangnam Police Station on the 11th for damage,” he said.
In particular, the broadcast that dealt with the Fifty Fifty tampering incident was immediately criticized by viewers for being “biased towards one side of the content,” and 1,146 complaints were received by the Korea Communications Standards Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Korea Communications Standards Commission) this year, giving it the disgrace of being the program with the most complaints received by the Korea Communications Standards Commission. has been obtained.
Respondent A said on the broadcast at the time, “It seems like the former CEO just thought, ‘I’ll try to make some money too,’ because (CUPID)’s song suddenly did well,” and “He never came to the end-of-month evaluation until the kids debuted. “I was wondering why he was suddenly calling me (Fifty Fifty’s) father,” he said, conveying information that was completely different from the truth.
Attorney Kim Byeong-ok of Seojeong Law Firm, which is representing the Attract lawsuit, said, “The remarks made by Mr. A, whose identity is unidentified, are pending injunction litigation between Attract (CEO Jeon Hong-jun) and Fifty Fifty, and the content of the broadcast interview undermines trust in CEO Jeon Hong-joon. “It had a significant impact on reputation,” he said. “However, I think it is clear that Mr. A’s remarks spread false information to the effect that CEO Jeon Hong-jun was only interested in acquiring economic benefits rather than the artist’s success as a popular singer and that no evaluation was ever made.” . He explained the reason for the complaint, saying, “These false claims have damaged social reputation as there is a high possibility that all of CEO Jeon Hong-jun’s sincere efforts will be perceived as nothing more than creating a false image.”
An Attract official also said, “The unidentified person A, who was interviewed on ‘I Want to Know’ as an insider, is a person for whom it is not clear whether he even worked for our company.” He added, “We will file a criminal complaint without leniency against Mr. A, who conducted the false interview.” “We plan to proceed,” he said, expressing his strong will to take legal action.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr
