Byun Woo-seok‘s legal response “Sexual harassment → defamation lawsuit, no leniency” [Full text]

Actor Byun Woo-seok’s side is taking action against malicious commenters.

On the 15th, his agency Baro Entertainment shared the current situation through a fan communication community, saying, “Recently, Baro Entertainment has decided that in order to protect the rights and interests of our actor Byun Woo-seok, we can no longer tolerate malicious slander and insults related to Byun Woo-seok, and have taken legal action”.

The agency said, “Based on our own monitoring and reports from fans, we have confirmed the situation regarding the malicious criminal acts related to our actor. Accordingly, we have collected sufficient evidence of criminal acts such as malicious posts and comments containing malicious slander, defamation, insults, sexual harassment, and the spread of false facts, and have submitted a complaint against the relevant perpetrators after a legal review through a law firm,” they said.

They emphasized, “Posting posts and comments containing malicious slander, insults, and the spread of groundless false facts is a clear criminal act and is subject to legal action,” and “Our company will not tolerate such criminal acts and will respond strongly so that they are appropriately punished without any agreement or leniency.”

The agency said, “Baro Entertainment will continue to monitor and take legal action against malicious criminal acts directed at our actors and do our best to protect the rights and interests and reputation of our actors.”

Full text of Byun Woo-seok’s agency’s official position

Hello.
This is Baro Entertainment.

Actor We would like to express our gratitude to all the fans who have shown interest in and loved Byun Woo-seok.

Recently, Baro Entertainment has decided that we can no longer tolerate malicious slander and insults related to Byun Woo-seok in order to protect the rights and interests of our actor Byun Woo-seok, and we have taken legal action. We will tell you about the progress in this regard.

Based on our own monitoring and reports from fans, we have confirmed the situation regarding malicious criminal acts related to our actor. Accordingly, we have collected sufficient evidence of criminal acts such as malicious posts and comments containing malicious slander, defamation, insults, sexual harassment, and spreading false information, and have filed a complaint against the relevant perpetrators after a legal review through a law firm.

Posting articles and comments containing malicious slander, insults, and spreading groundless false information is a clear criminal act and is subject to legal action. We will not tolerate such criminal acts and will respond strongly so that they are properly punished without any compromise or leniency.

We would like to inform you once again that Baro Entertainment will continue to monitor and take legal action against any malicious criminal acts against its actors and will do its best to protect the rights and honor of its actors.

Thank you.
Baro Entertainment Dream

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com Reporter shine2562@donga.com