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Hwang Jung-eum Faces Legal Consequences for Revealing Suspicions of Infidelity on Social Media

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Concerns were raised on the 11th that actress Hwang Jung-eum could be subject to legal punishment for ‘defamation’ as she revealed suspicions of infidelity by posting a photo of her husband on her social networking service (SNS).

Previously, Hwang Jung-eum announced through her agency on the 22nd of last month that she is in the process of filing for divorce from her husband, Lee, a former professional golfer.

The day before the divorce suit was announced, Hwang Jung-eum posted a picture of Mr. Lee on social media and wrote, “This is my husband, Mr Lee, who married me and had a very busy and fun life. “You must have been so busy, but now let’s relax and enjoy it,” she said, posting several meaningful posts.

When netizens left comments like “If you’re talented and rich, you won’t fall for one woman,” Hwang Jung-eum responded with “I’m making more money and I’m better, so it’s it’s okay for me to cheat,” and “I want you to get a divorce and have fun.” It was sweet.

In relation to this, the legal community has noted that disclosing a spouse’s cheating behavior on social media could amount to defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act. Article 70 of the Information and Communication Network Act stipulates that if a person defames someone by publicly disclosing facts in order to defame them, he can be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by a fine of up to 30 million. he won.

If the content posted on social media is false, the penalty is more severe, with imprisonment for up to 7 years, suspension of qualifications for up to 10 years, or a fine of up to 50 million to win.

Hwang Jeong-eum posted a photo of her husband Lee on social media. [사진 출처 = 황정음 인스타그램 캡처]

Even if her husband’s relationship is true, the effect on sharing property with Hwang Jung-eum is expected to be minimal. This is because property division is determined based solely on the spouse’s contribution to the property, regardless of the spouse’s fault. Even if the spouse committed an unfaithful act, if he or she contributed to the creation of the property, the property must be divided.

However, most of Hwang Jung-eum’s assets are exclusive property acquired before marriage, so they are not subject to property division. Idiosyncratic property is unique property acquired by one spouse before marriage or acquired in their own name after marriage.

Unless Mr. Lee claims to have contributed to the formation and maintenance of Hwang Jeong-eum’s property through housework, child care, etc., it seems that not much property will be shared.

Hwang Jung-eum owns a single-family home in Itaewon. It was purchased for 4.65 billion won in 2020, and has 1 underground floor and 2 above ground floors (land area 347㎡, total floor area 200㎡). In addition, he owns a building in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, with a purchase price of 6.2 billion won, in the name of the corporation he is a representative of.

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