Law: "Some content in essay by Baek Yoon-sik's ex-lover must be deleted... Already distributed books to be discarded"

Actor Baek Yoon-sik filed a lawsuit requesting a ban on the publication of his ex-lover's essay and won partial victory in the first trial.

Actor Baek Yoon-sik [Photo by Fantagio]

On the morning of the 3rd, the Civil Division 14 of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Seo Bo-min) ruled in the first trial of Baek Yoon-sik's lawsuit against the publisher who published the book by his ex-lover A, ordering that "the book must not be published, printed, or advertised without deleting some parts," granting partial victory to the plaintiff. They also ordered the recall and destruction of already distributed books.

Previously, reporter A from a broadcasting company attracted attention when it became known that she dated and broke up with Baek Yoon-sik, who is 30 years her senior, in 2013. Last year, she published an essay containing intimate personal stories from her meeting to breakup with Baek Yoon-sik.

Baek Yoon-sik's side filed the lawsuit on the grounds that "A violated an agreement not to disclose their relationship by publishing the book." In court, the publisher's representative argued, "Baek Yoon-sik is still a famous figure appearing in well-known films and is not an ordinary person who values privacy," and added, "The essay is not intended to defame a specific person. It was created by A for another friend, so there is freedom of publication and press."

In April of last year, the court partially accepted Baek Yoon-sik's injunction request, ordering the deletion of parts containing sensitive private matters.

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