Prosecutors Indict YouTuber Kim Yong-ho for Defamation of Park Soo-hong

Songpa Police Station Transferred to Prosecution in June

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The prosecution has indicted YouTuber Kim Yongho, who raised various allegations surrounding the private life of broadcaster Park Suhong, on charges of defamation.

According to the legal community on the 26th, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office indicted Kim without detention yesterday on charges of defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, attempted coercion, and insult.

Kim is accused of damaging Park's reputation by making false statements on his YouTube channel last year, such as "Park's spouse was in a romantic relationship with A, the former CEO of the wet tissue company Monddeudeu, and after A's extreme choice, Park and his spouse got married." Kim also claimed that Park's spouse used drugs with A.

It is reported that Kim failed to present evidence to support his claims during the investigation. Kim also alleged that Park's older brother and his spouse never embezzled funds related to Park's entertainment activities, but rather that Park and his spouse embezzled funds.

Kim is also accused of stating on his YouTube broadcast that if Park did not step down from the TV program Dongchimi, in which he was appearing at the time, he would raise additional allegations. Kim stopped raising allegations after being sued by the police in August last year.

The Seoul Songpa Police Station, which received the complaint, confirmed the authenticity of Kim's statements and transferred the case to the prosecution in June of this year.

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