Court Dismisses Injunction Request by Representative Song Young-gil Against Gaseyeon Over Allegations of Prostitution Mention

"Gaseyeon Broadcast Is False... But Video Already Deleted"

Song Young-gil, Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea / Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute (Gaseyeon) filed a motion to prohibit the posting of a video that raised allegations of prostitution against Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, but the court did not accept it.

According to the legal community on the 9th, the Seoul Central District Court Civil Division 51 (Presiding Judge Jeon Boseong) dismissed Song's motion to prohibit the posting of the video against Kim Se-ui, the head of Gaseyeon, and lawyer Kang Yong-seok on the 7th.

The court acknowledged that the content of Gaseyeon's broadcast was false, but stated that since the videos have been deleted from the YouTube channel and future postings cannot be prohibited in advance.

Earlier, Gaseyeon uploaded a video on its YouTube channel at the end of December last year, revisiting the allegations of sexual bribery against Song, which had been judged as false by the Supreme Court in the past. Song filed the motion last month, requesting that the video containing insulting falsehoods not be shown.

The court stated, "This video contains a considerable amount of false facts or insulting defamation against the creditor," but explained, "It is difficult to see that sufficient evidence has been presented to urgently prohibit the defendants from posting or distributing the video through an injunction due to a high likelihood of such acts."

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