Friday, September 26, 2008

Journalist sentenced to one year for defamation, for claiming actor assaulted her.

The KT has the story that a freelance journalist who falsely claimed actor Song Il-kook beat her up has been sentenced to one year in prison.
``Given the evidence and testimony, it seems to be true that there was some physical contact between Kim and Song. But it was not severe enough to be seen as an assault,'' the court said in its ruling.

The journalist, Kim Soon-hee, had been writing about the actor and told a sports newspaper that he beat her, a story the paper subsequently ran.

2 comments:

jw said...

"The KT has a story..."

'story'..?! Hmm, I don't know if I'd call that a story. A bitty-piece of a small piece of gossip and rumour, more likely. Not even a hint or clue as to what really might have been the truth of the matter.

It's tempting to believe that yet again the victim has been further marginalised and the male agressor has been given the extra attention. ... But god only knows. That bitty-piece is sure no help to anyone.

Brian said...

Who knows. Neither scenario would surprise me. I found the story . . . er, blurb, significant more for the journalist going to jail for defamation angle than because of some no-name celebrity versus a no-name journalist.