Seungri and YG employee also sue reporter 'K' + 'K's side speaks up

SEE ALSO: Sung Si Kyung to hold year-end concert despite shock over manager’s betrayal

According to those in the legal field, the Big Bang member filed against the reporter earlier this month for libel, asking for compensation of 50 million KRW (~ 42,000 USD). An employee under the agency also filed citing defamation, asking for 30 million KRW (~ 25,000 USD) in damages.

Seungri claimed in his lawsuit that although the police had ruled his car crash last year as being the result of speeding, reporter 'K' brought up speculations about drunk driving. Meanwhile, the YG employee is suing about the article 'K' wrote on the employee's court case related to his military draft. Reporter 'K' previously reported on the employee losing his case in court and said that the employee bragged about being a 'high class YG employee' and brought harm to those around him by exposing his personal issues.

Regarding all these lawsuits, 'K's lawyer commented, "It's not that reporter 'K' has any special [ill] feelings towards YG, but rather that he brings up suspicions in his articles about the prosecution letting the agency off the hook in hopes that a celebrity in the entertainment world will also become a person who is respected on the aspect of his personal life as well. This kind of freedom of the press must be assured."