Actor Lee Yi-kyung’s company, Sangyoung ENT, has filed a legal grievance towards a person for spreading false rumors on-line concerning the actor.
In an announcement launched Monday, the company mentioned it had submitted proof and a proper grievance to Seoul Gangnam Police Station, accusing the person of defamation and spreading false info.
“We categorical deep remorse over the state of affairs,” the company mentioned. “By way of our authorized representatives, we’ve filed complaints towards these liable for posting and circulating false claims. There have been no settlement discussions or compensation makes an attempt, nor will there be any going ahead.”
Sangyoung ENT additionally warned that it could proceed to take agency motion towards malicious feedback and posts.
“We are going to preserve monitoring and pursue authorized measures with out leniency towards anybody who damages our artist’s status or dignity via malicious on-line exercise,” it mentioned. “We are going to do every little thing attainable to defend our actor’s rights and status towards baseless rumors.”
The controversy started when a social media person claimed that Lee had requested specific photographs and made inappropriate feedback throughout a personal dialog. The submit rapidly went viral, damaging the actor’s status.
After Sangyoung ENT denied the allegations as groundless, the accuser admitted that the messages had been artificially generated utilizing AI, saying the submit had began as a prank and issued a public apology.
Regardless of the clarification, the rumors continued to unfold, resulting in additional on-line harassment and defamation. Sangyoung ENT mentioned it has begun assessing the extent of harm and can take all vital authorized steps to carry these accountable accountable.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.
