Kim Hee-young wins a series of defamation lawsuits against YouTubers

Kim Heeyoung, the director of the T&C Foundation and the cohabiting partner of SK Group Chairman Chey Taewon, has won consecutive victories in a damages lawsuit she filed against a YouTuber who spread false information about her and her family. According to the legal community on the 26th, the Seoul Western District Court recognized a compensation liability of 10 million won against YouTuber A for spreading content related to Director Kim and her family as if it were true. Previously, another YouTuber was also ordered to pay 20 million won in damages. The court found that there was insufficient basis for the claims made by A and that the investigation to verify the facts was also inadequate. It also ruled that the issue was not merely raising suspicion, but expressing it as if it were an established fact. The bench also considered in another case that online defamation can spread rapidly and that damage is difficult to remedy simply by deleting content and shutting down channels. This ruling has not yet been finalized, and A has already had criminal punishment finalized for the same matter.