The court accepts the trial of Kim Soo-Hyun against the family of Kim Sae-Ron

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A tribunal of Seoul accepted a civil prosecution filed by the legal team of actor Kim Soo-Hyun against the late family of the actor Kim Sae-Ron and the operators of the controversial YouTube channel Hoverlab, according to the Kukmin Ilbo and other points of sale.

The Central District Court of Seoul recorded the pursuit of damages filed by the legal representatives of Kim and awarded a file number on Monday. Although a President judge has not yet been affected, the case, which exceeds 500 million won (around $ 368,000), should be heard by a civil panel of three judges.

Kim’s legal team, lawyer Kim Jong-Bok of the law firm LKB & Partners, said at a press conference on Monday that criminal charges had also been deposited for defamation.

In addition, the Kim team has filed a separate civilian complaint requiring 12 billion wons ($ 8.8 million) of damages against the family of the deceased, an unidentified person claiming to be the aunt of Kim Sae-Ron and the operators of Hoverlab.

As part of the evidence, the KIM team submitted medico-legal analysis reports indicating that the messages from Kakaotalk 2016 and 2018 published by the Kim Sae-Ron team were not exchanged with the same person.

This article is translated by a generative AI system and edited by the Korea Times.