The’Cha Bum-geun Soccer Class’ (hereinafter referred to as the soccer class), founded by the former football team coach Cha Bum-geun, lost the first instance in a lawsuit for damages against a former coach who reported various corruptions to the media.
Former director Cha Bum-geun. Reporter Yang Kwang-sam
According to law enforcement officials on the 24th, Deputy Judge Kim Soon-han, who was solely responsible for the civil affairs 30 of the Seoul Central District Court, ruled against the former coach Nomo as the plaintiff lost in a lawsuit for damages that the soccer class filed against the former coach, “Pay 50 million won.”
In July 2016, after retiring from retirement, Mr. Roh, who worked in the soccer class for about 13 years, reported various corruptions in the soccer class to a broadcasting company.
The broadcast contained the content that the soccer class did not pay the severance pay for Noh and other coaches, and that the free sponsored goods were sold to members for a fee.
In addition, salaries and bonuses for the driver and housekeeper working at the former coach’s home were paid in the soccer class, and that the soccer class received more tuition than promised when the soccer class was licensed to use a soccer field in Yongsan-gu from the Seoul Han River Business Headquarters. There was also.
In October 2019, the soccer class filed a lawsuit, saying, “Even though Mr. Roh agreed to ban secret leakage and slander at the time of his retirement, he maliciously distorted the secret he learned in the work by reporting it to the broadcaster.”
The soccer class said, “The soccer class was perceived by the public as if it were a hotbed of corruption due to Mr. Roh’s slander, and it suffered losses that hindered social evaluation.”
However, the court dismissed the claim, saying, “There is no specific argument or proof of the plaintiff (soccer class) that the content of Mr. Roh’s posting is false.”
In addition, “The plaintiff is a non-profit corporation that operates youth soccer classes, and is a public entity,” and said, “The act of posting by Mr. Roh does not constitute slander or defamation to the extent that it hinders the plaintiff’s social evaluation, or limits the freedom of expression. It does not escape,” he pointed out.
The court judged that the contents of the broadcast were entirely true and that matters related to public interest were clear.
Meanwhile, the soccer class filed a civil lawsuit against Roh for embezzlement, but was defeated, and sued Roh to the prosecution for defamation and embezzlement by publications, but was dismissed as’no charge’.
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