Cho Byeong-gyu appears one after another during legal response [종합]

Byeong-gyu Cho (Photo = HB Entertainment)

[이데일리 스타in 김가영 기자] Actor Cho Byeong-gyu announced a legal response to the spread of false facts, and suspicions of abusing academia appear one after another.

On the 19th, HB Entertainment, the agency of Cho Byeong-gyu, denied all the suspicion of abuse by saying, “I confirmed that all postings and rumors that are being circulated are not true at all.” He said, “The spread of false information about Cho Byeong-gyu, malicious slander, and defamatory posts have been announced.”

Subsequently, a letter of confirmation received by the netizens who spread false information was released, saying, “The spreader of the official position distributed by the company on the 17th was promised to reflect on himself and prevent recurrence. To seek legal responsibility for those who have published the facts on the basis of’offense of insult’ (Article 311 of the Criminal Act) and’defamation in case of false facts’ (Article 70 (2) of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection) The police investigation was officially requested, and the investigation is underway at the cyber investigation unit at Gangnam Police Station in Seoul.”

The agency said, “In the future, we will respond to netizens who write or disseminate malicious comments and posts beyond the socially acceptable level beyond simply expressing opinions in communities, portals, and SNS.” “HB Entertainment will continue to collect data and “We will make every effort for our actors to prevent further damage through monitoring, and we will hold them accountable through strong legal action without any prejudice or agreement.”

On the 16th, a netizen who claimed to have been abused by Cho Byeong-gyu while studying in New Zealand appeared through an online community. However, when the agency announced the legal response, the netizen contacted the agency to surrender, wrote a letter of confirmation, and was elected.

However, in addition to these netizens, revelations have appeared one after another. One netizen claimed that he was harassed by Cho Byeong-gyu when he was in the lower grades of elementary school, and another netizen opened an SNS account to reveal that he was abused by Cho Byung-gyu in New Zealand.

Although additional disclosures are appearing, the agency emphasized that the contents are unfounded, and expressed a position that “I hope that there will be no further abuse of actors with malicious posts.