{"id":136297,"date":"2025-01-17T19:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=136297"},"modified":"2025-01-17T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:07:19","slug":"bts-jungkook-v-ives-wonyoung-win-defamation-scandal-against-a-youtuber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jungkook-v-ives-wonyoung-win-defamation-scandal-against-a-youtuber\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; Jungkook, V &#038; IVE&#8217;s Wonyoung win defamation scandal against a Youtuber"},"content":{"rendered":"<kbd class=\"ai-debug-invisible\">[HTML TAGS REMOVED]<\/kbd><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>In a K-pop justice move, <strong>BTS&#8217; Jungkook, V &amp; IVE&#8217;s Wonyoung<\/strong> have finally won against online bullying. The reason? Infamous YouTuber <strong>Sojang<\/strong> has been handed a two-year prison sentence (with three years\u2019 probation) plus a 200 million KRW fine. For years, the content creator spread fake, scandalous claims about the top K-pop acts we mentioned before to earn views and subscribers.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"&gt;<\/kbd>\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1879489558779170916\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1879489558779170916\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"&gt;<\/kbd>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>Infamous YouTuber Sojang received a two-year suspended prison sentence with three years of probation and was fined \u20a9200 million for defaming multiple celebrities.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>IVE\u2019s Wonyoung initiated the legal actions with a \u20a9100 million lawsuit back in 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7mdgOWxOAe\">pic.twitter.com\/7mdgOWxOAe<\/a><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1879489558779170916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2025<\/a><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/blockquote&gt;<\/kbd><\/blockquote>\n        <kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/figure&gt;<\/kbd><\/figure>\n        \n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd><strong>The Incheon District Court<\/strong> finally gave their final word on January 14, marking a major win for the artists and companies who fought back. Sojang\u2019s videos ranged from baseless rumors about prostitution to plastic surgery accusations, body shaming, and the rumored love life of idols. In response, several lawsuits were filed against her, with Wonyoung winning a 1 billion KRW payout, while BTS demanded 90 million KRW for damage to their reputations. Kang Daniel and other celebs also stacked up victories against Sojang.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>Sojang reportedly made around 250 million KRW just from this malicious content. Now, facing fines, two years of prison time, and 120 hours of community service, she serves as a cautionary story for any online bullies trying to make a profit from false allegations, rumors, and lies.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ai-debug-removed-html-tags\">[HTML TAGS REMOVED]<\/span>In a K-pop justice move, BTS&#8217; Jungkook, V &amp; IVE&#8217;s Wonyoung have finally won against online bullying. The reason? Infamous YouTuber Sojang has been handed a two-year prison sentence (with three years\u2019 probation) plus a 200 million KRW fine. For years, the content creator spread fake, scandalous claims about the top K-pop acts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":136298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386,2264,16],"tags":[49,1558,933,936],"class_list":["post-136297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","category-entertainment","category-kpop","tag-bts","tag-ive","tag-jungkook","tag-v"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}