Victim of Park Won-soon Files Complaint Against Lawyer Jeong Cheol-seung for Defamation and Other Charges

Attorney Jeong: "No Disclosure of Victim Woman's Identity"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The victim side of the sexual violence case involving former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon recently filed a complaint with the police against attorney Jeong Cheol-seung, who represents the family of the late mayor.

On the 24th, according to the "Support Group for Victims of the Seoul Mayor's Power Sexual Violence Case," which includes the Korea Sexual Violence Counseling Center and Korea Women's Hotline, the group announced in a statement the day before that the victim side had filed a criminal complaint on the 12th and 16th of this month for violations of the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (disclosure of the victim's identity and private life), the Personal Information Protection Act, and defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

The victim side reportedly submitted the complaint to the Seocho Police Station in Seoul, alleging that attorney Jeong posted content on social networking services (SNS) that could identify the victim and defamed the victim by stating false facts. However, considering the continuity with the previous investigation into the former mayor's case, the police transferred the recent case to the Women and Juvenile Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

Through his SNS, attorney Jeong stated, "I have never disclosed the identity of the female victim, but even if there is a possibility of that, it would have been a matter to be resolved by lawyers contacting each other to discuss the reasons and correct the problematic parts, yet a criminal complaint was filed first." He added, "Now that this has happened, I will examine the legal responsibilities for the actions committed by attorney Kim Jae-ryeon (on the victim's side) over the past year."

Attorney Jeong recently posted several articles related to the victim of the former mayor's case on his SNS. In response, the victim side filed a provisional injunction lawsuit in court to delete and prohibit the posting of these articles, and a hearing was held on the 20th. The family of the late mayor has filed an administrative lawsuit against the National Human Rights Commission, requesting the cancellation of the decision that the former mayor committed sexual misconduct. Attorney Jeong is representing the family in this lawsuit.

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