Both Apink’s Chorong and her accuser have released new statements regarding their long-running legal case.
This past November, Apink’s agency IST Entertainment shared an update on the legal proceedings and announced that the informant, who is also Chorong’s childhood friend, was found guilty on charges of making threats on false information and would be forwarded to the prosecution.
On December 2, the informant (hereafter referred to as “A”) released a statement claiming that the initial statement above was false. A introduced themselves as the person involved in Park Chorong’s school violence case and shared, “Although the verdict has not come out yet, Park Chorong’s side released a report with false information. Park Chorong’s side said that [I] was sent to the prosecution after being found guilty on charges of making threats on false information, but that’s not true.”
A explained that among the defamation and blackmail charges filed by Park Chorong’s side, the defamation charge was dismissed after they were cleared of suspicion. The blackmail charge was sent to the prosecution but A claimed that it was revealed the threats were not made with false information, insisting they were harmed once again by Park Chorong’s side claiming otherwise.
A continued, “If the school violence was a false accusation, shouldn’t I have been indicted for the defamation by false information charge first? I don’t know why they released their statement cleverly omitting the fact that I was...
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