Singer Kim Ho Joong, who is serving a prison sentence over a drunk-driving hit-and-run case, has lost a damages lawsuit he filed against 180 alleged anti-fans seeking about 700 million won.
The Seoul Central District Court ruled at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the case Kim brought against Kang, identified only by the surname, and 179 others.
Kim filed the lawsuit in June 2021, seeking 764 million won in damages from the 180 people over negative posts about him online. They were reported to have raised issues related to his military service.
Kim was indicted after prosecutors said he crashed into a taxi while driving after drinking in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul’s Gangnam District, in May 2024, then fled and had his manager make a false confession. The court sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison after finding him guilty of charges including dangerous driving causing injury and fleeing after causing injury under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.
He is serving his sentence at Somang Prison in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, and is scheduled to be released in November.
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