Starship Leisure has launched a brand new assertion following the Supreme Court docket’s remaining ruling towards the operator of the YouTube channel “Sojang.”
On January 29, the Supreme Court docket upheld the decrease courtroom’s determination, finalizing the sentence towards YouTuber Park, the operator of the channel “Sojang.” Park was sentenced to 2 years in jail, suspended for 3 years, on fees together with defamation and insult beneath the Info and Communications Community Act. The courtroom additionally upheld an order for 210 million gained (roughly $145,780) in forfeiture and 120 hours of neighborhood service.
Park was indicted for posting 23 defamatory movies between October 2021 and June 2023 on the YouTube channel “Sojang,” maliciously concentrating on seven public figures, together with IVE’s Jang Received Younger.
Following the ruling, Starship Leisure launched the next official assertion:
Whats up, that is Starship Leisure.
Our firm has pursued each civil and legal authorized motion towards the operator of the YouTube channel “Sojang” for spreading false info, partaking in malicious slander, and committing defamation towards our artists.
On January 29, 2026, the Supreme Court docket finalized the decrease courtroom’s ruling. The decrease courtroom decided that even when unverified claims are offered within the type of hypothesis or allegations, they might nonetheless represent the dissemination of false info if, in total context, they lead viewers to understand them as details. The courtroom additionally affirmed that celebrities are entitled to full safety of their honor and private rights. The Supreme Court docket concluded that there was no misunderstanding of authorized ideas on this judgment and upheld it in full.
Starship Leisure considers the safety of our artists’ rights and pursuits our highest precedence. We are going to proceed to reply firmly and with out leniency or settlement to all unlawful acts towards our artists, together with the unfold of false info, malicious slander, defamation, and infringement of non-public rights.
Particularly, we are going to take all potential authorized measures beneath related legal guidelines—together with legal complaints—towards so-called “cyber wrecker” [Korean slang term referring to those who maliciously spread false rumors online] actions that exploit anonymity to unfold pretend information or incite cyberbullying via movies and short-form content material.
We can even proceed thorough monitoring and authorized motion to forestall comparable hurt from recurring.
Lastly, we prolong our honest gratitude to everybody who supported the safety of our artists’ rights via suggestions, supplies, and unwavering encouragement all through this course of. We deeply thank our followers for at all times cherishing and supporting our artists, and we are going to proceed to do our utmost to foster a wholesome on-line tradition.
Thanks.
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