‘A’ drops lawsuit against Park Si Hoo and his hoobae

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Although it seemed like a long battle in the courts was up ahead for ‘A’ and Park Si Hoo, it’s been revealed that things will actually wrap up as ‘A’ has dropped her suit against the actor, who has followed by dropping his own suit against her.

The reason for why ‘A’ has decided to drop her charges has not been revealed, but according to the prosecution, she has indeed retracted her lawsuit. “On May 9th, ‘A’s lawyers filed papers to drop their suit. For cases of sexual assault, if the suit is dropped, then prosecution no longer has the authority to indict,” said a rep from the prosecution.


The suit against Park Si Hoo’s hoobae, Mr. Kim, has also been dropped as well, so now all that’s left are the counter lawsuits between the actor and his former agency, and ‘A’s friend ‘B’. However according to Park Si Hoo’s reps, they seem to be working towards the direction of dropping those as well.

To recap, this case started a few months back when trainee ‘A’ filed a report against Park Si Hoo and his hoobae for sexual assault. The case then blew up with more names becoming implicated in the mess, like ‘A’s friend ‘B’, and ‘B’s CEO friend ‘C’, and Park Si Hoo’s former agency CEO. The police investigation wrapped up last month, and their findings were forwarded to the prosecution recommending that Park Si Hoo be charged with quasi-rape and battery. Park Si Hoo’s legal team lashed out at the police criticizing them, which eventually led to a civil group suing the actor and his team for leaking ‘A’s info and raising public’s mistrust of the police. However, it seems this case is now settled without the need for court with ‘A’ dropping her charges, and Park Si Hoo doing the same.


Source: OhMyNews, Kuki News, Sports World, DongA Ilbo + akp


The accuser in the Park Si Hoo case has suddenly dropped her charges, leaving the public confused and curious.

According to prosecution, the accuser turned in an application to cancel her case on May 9. As rape cases are treated according to the wishes of the accuser, prosecution has been led to stop pursuing the indictment of Park Si Hoo.

As such, Park Si Hoo has also dropped the case he filed himself against his accuser.

Some have speculated that Park Si Hoo and the accuser have reached an agreement, but sources close to Park Si Hoo have denied the claims.

A source told enews on May 10 to a question on whether an agreement had been reached, "No. They did not reach any agreement."

Sources have also said that no monetary agreement was involved in the dropping of the case.

The public, however, has been left feeling confused at the sudden turn of events, especially as the accuser had been very cooperative in the investigation. Police had also been leaning toward prosecuting Park Si Hoo, as they transferred the case to prosecution on the charges.

Park Si Hoo was first sued for alleged rape. On May 2, the Seobu Police Agency forwarded the case to prosecution.


source: enewsWorld

Comments

[windygables.livejournal.com]

Disappointing, reeks of obvious coverup. I didn't follow this case very avidly but the outcome reeks of so much corruption it's just disappointing

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

Seriously? o.O

What was the point of drawing all of this out so long if that's the case? But then again, this who damn case was so damn shady in the first place so I'm not even surprised .________.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

The girl was probably going take it to the court, but pressure got to her (PSH's lawyers leaked her identity to public and had a major mud slinging campaign against her) and she decided just take the money and let PSH off the hook as she would have been probably harassed for years by PSH's fans regardless the outcome of the lawsuit (well she probably still will be harassed, but at least now she has money to get away and pay for therapist etc.)

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

so he's going to drop his lawsuits against them? That makes everything so obvious

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

The case was an absolute mess, there was no other outcome.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I guess he paid her off.

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

mte

[jessicamariek.livejournal.com]

What an absolute clusterfuck, start to (apparent) finish.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

If she was in it for the money wouldn't it be smarter for her to let the thing go to court and have the mud flung at PSH before forcing the settlement?

Smells like payoff/intimidation to me.

[xblackchristmas.livejournal.com]

i forgot this case existed.

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

But isn't rape is something that must be processed, even without suit? like murder.

[rylee900.livejournal.com]

No, I think you need to press charges?

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Personally I think it should be but, evidently that's not the case in SK.

[ayumikoshiro.livejournal.com]

This smells. Nobody is coming away from this well.

I went to a meetup and was so surprised by the number of Park ShiHoo fans.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

she probably got intimidated and couldn't take the stress of his fans hating her to death after her identity got out

it's sad really.

[uledy.livejournal.com]

How does that civil group have standing to bring a suit against PSH for alleged harm he caused against A?

[harisukaori.livejournal.com]

MTE.
South Korea's law system is a mystery to me.

[hellicoptajuuce.livejournal.com]

fishier than the sea tbh! i still stand with my opinion that the government is using celeb scandals to draw attention away from something

[asth77.livejournal.com]

what the fuck!

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

I hope his career never recovers.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

refuse to watch anymore of his dramas, can't watch romantic stories involving a rapist

[chloe1910.livejournal.com]

Sounds kinda fishy that the case got dropped suddenly.