Court Bans Screening of 'Park Won-soon Documentary'... Court Says "Defamation of Victim's Honor" (Update)

The Seoul Southern District Court Civil Division 51 (Presiding Judge Kim Woo-hyun) accepted an injunction request on the 20th to ban the screening of the documentary "First Trial," which deals with the death of former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon.

The court stated, "It is difficult to regard the main content of this film as truthful, and it seriously damages the victim's honor," and made this decision.

On the morning of the 17th, a seat was prepared for the victim of the late Mayor Park Won-soon's sexual violence case at a press conference titled "Speaking Together with the Victim of the Seoul Mayor's Sexual Violence Case," held at a hotel in Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul. The victim was scheduled to attend the press conference in person and speak about the case but did not consent to media exposure. Photo by Joint Press Corps

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the victim's legal representative, lawyer Kim Jae-ryeon, filed an injunction request to ban the screening on the 1st of last month against the documentary production committee "People Who Trust Park Won-soon" and director Kim Dae-hyun, claiming that this film constitutes secondary harm to the victim.

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