[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The late Kim Ki-duk (film director) filed a lawsuit claiming damages against an actress who accused him of sexual assault and the media that reported it, but he lost the case in both the first trial and the appeal trial.
According to the legal community on the 5th, the Seoul High Court Civil Division 13 (Chief Judge Kang Mingu) ruled against Kim in the appeal trial of the 1 billion KRW damages claim lawsuit he filed against actress A and MBC, just as in the first trial.
Previously, MBC's PD Notebook aired an episode titled "The True Face of a Master" in March 2018, exposing Kim's sexual harassment. In March 2019, Kim filed a damages lawsuit seeking 1 billion KRW against A and MBC, claiming that they defamed his reputation by broadcasting based on false allegations.
A stated that during the filming of a movie in 2013, Kim hit her cheek to empathize and forced her to shoot a bed scene that was not in the script, and in 2017, she accused Kim of assault, coercion, and injury by forced molestation. The prosecution dismissed the sexual violence charges against Kim due to insufficient evidence and filed a summary indictment with a fine of 5 million KRW for the assault charge.
Subsequently, Kim sued A for false accusation and also sued MBC for defamation based on A's statements in the report titled "Film Director Kim Ki-duk, The True Face of a Master," but the prosecution decided not to indict them, stating that it could not be concluded as false information.
Meanwhile, Director Kim tested positive for COVID-19 in December last year while staying in Latvia and died while hospitalized at a local hospital.
[Correction Notice] We correct the report related to the Me Too case involving film director Kim Ki-duk.
This correction is made at the request of actress A, who withdrew from the film "Moebius."
Our publication reported on November 30, 2017, under the title <‘Actress Assault Allegation’ Film Director Kim Ki-duk Investigated by Prosecutors>, and in about 23 reports, we covered that the actress who appeared in the film "Moebius" but withdrew midway filed a criminal complaint against Kim Ki-duk, alleging that she was forced to shoot a bed scene, and reported that the actress was raped by Kim Ki-duk.
However, upon fact-checking, the actress who appeared in the film Moebius and withdrew midway only filed a criminal complaint against Kim Ki-duk for reasons such as "forcing actor Jo Jae-hyun to touch parts of her body regardless of the scenario and hitting her cheek three times," and did not file a complaint for being forced to shoot a bed scene. Furthermore, the actress was never raped by Kim Ki-duk, and the victim who testified to being raped by Kim Ki-duk is a third party. We hereby correct this.
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