Shin Se Kyung wins defamation case, perpetrator sentenced to eight months in jail - Deets inside

Recently, actress Shin Se Kyung has been heavily targeted and threatened by netizens. A specific hater, a 35-year-old woman who had been consistently sending malicious and hateful comments her way, was arrested recently. Afterwards, Se Kyung even filed a defamation suit against the individual, which she now has reportedly won!

Shin Se Kyun wins defamation case

Shin Se Kyung had filed a defamation case against an individual who had been sharing malicious and hateful comments about her for months. According to a K-media news article OSEN, the actress, has finally won the defamation case as the court officially ruled in her favour. According to the reports, the perpetrator was handed over the punishment sentence after the

court ruling

. As per the ruling, the perpetrator was found guilty of sharing malicious content against her. Due to this, the court ordered an eight-month prison sentence to her. The ruling directly takes into account the severity of the crime of

cyberbullying

and

online harassment

, and how technology is being misused to spread hatred.

The perpetrator was found guilty of sharing more than 450 threatening posts online on different platforms. Many of these messages and comments were malicious and even referenced threatening violence and an acid attack on the actress.Initially, during the case ruling, the prosecutors had requested a 2-year prison sentence, calling it fair punishment, while the other side had countered. After hearing all parties involved, the hearing was delayed to the next day in order to reach the final verdict. It was cited in the reports that the sentence reduction was done due to the fact that the perpetrator made the harsh comments with no evil intention. She said she had no intention of harming Shin Se Kyung or anyone around her as implied in the hateful comments.