Actor Jisoo's side, who had been suspended due to allegations of school violence, announced that the allegation of sexual assault was not confirmed as a result of the investigation.
On the 6th, Jisoo's legal representative announced the progress of legal action through an official statement. Earlier, in May, the index side filed a criminal complaint against those who claim false information on charges of violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (Defamation).
In this statement, Jisoo's side said, "About March 2021, a number of anonymous communities posted clearly false posts such as 'the client (hereafter, Jisoo) committed a sex crime' in the past." "An article that Jisoo sexually assaulted his wife in the past." In the case of , the author contacted Jisoo's former agency and acknowledged that the post was false and apologized, but the rest of the posts continued to be expanded and reproduced without even a minimum confirmation of the facts. In order to reveal the truth, we have filed criminal charges against the writers of false posts.”
He continued, "The author of the false post was recently identified through the search and seizure of IP addresses, and it was confirmed that he was not related to the index at all." "This author is a soldier who recently enlisted, and he wrote the article and The author acknowledged that all of the contents were false. Through a handwritten letter written at the training center, the author sincerely apologized to Jisoo, saying that he had written a false article out of anxiety about military life before enlistment, and that he is currently serving in the military and his mother is battling cancer. I earnestly asked him to take this into consideration.”
Jisoo favored the author of the article. As for the reason, Jisoo's side said, "After considering both the circumstances of the author of the article and his situation ahead of his enlistment, he accepted the apology and gave preferential treatment to the author of the article without any conditions."
However, Jisoo's side revealed a firm stance, "Most of the false postings are being deleted immediately after making their false posts an issue, and we will continue to take legal action against these writers without any leniency."
In addition, a representative of Jisoo said, "Most of the articles that raised the suspicion that Jisoo committed school violence in the past are also false. sued," he said. "According to the court's judgment that the explanation for the recent falsehood and the damage suffered by the index is sufficient, a search and seizure warrant has been issued to identify the author of the allegation of school violence, and related investigations are ongoing."
Earlier in March, the index was engulfed in controversy when articles that revealed sexual assaults burst online. Jisoo apologized, "I sincerely apologize to those who have suffered because of me. There is no excuse for the misconduct I committed in the past. These were unforgivable actions." He got off from 'Rising River' and ended his contract with Keyeast, his agency.
After that, the index appointed a legal representative to take legal action independently. A representative of Jisoo said, "There were many facts that were not true or wholly false among the allegations made, but Jisoo has not responded to it in any way to reflect on her past actions. Clearly false allegations, such as , have been expanded and reproduced online, and while Jisoo is silently reflecting on these claims, they are all accepted as if they are true.”
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Seon-ae)