A. The Plaintiff is the representative of H, an incorporated animal protection organization.

B. On January 11, 2019, an article “K” prepared by the JJ “K” was placed in the Internet portal I’s news column, and the article contains the Plaintiff’s photograph, the Plaintiff’s Kakao Stockholm message, and the video.

On January 12, 2019, the Defendants prepared and posted the following comments on the Plaintiff, who was placed in the said article:

No. 1 LB No. 1 LB Nos. 6 M C A with bad debts

7 N D 저런 바닥을 긁어 뚤 고 들어간 년.. 무 건 운 어깨가 그 죽은 개들이 달라붙어서 그래!! 8 O E A이 안락사 시킨 후 고기 장사도 했을 것 같은 디. 돈에 환장한 년이라 그 랬을랑 가 몰러. 9 P F 와 A 이 여자 고상한 척.. 온갖 가면으로 감추고 이런 가증스러운 년.. 11 Q G 진짜 인간이 길 포기한 년이 네 [ 인정 근거] 다툼 없는 사실, 갑 제 8호 증, 변론 전체의 취지

2. Determination as to the cause of claim

A. The Defendants insulting the Plaintiff by using an expression that may undermine the social assessment of the Plaintiff’s personal value on the Internet website bulletin board that enables an unspecified number of people to confirm the content of the text, and thereby, led to the Plaintiff’s emotional distress.

As such, the Defendants are obliged to bring the Plaintiff with monetary injury.

B. As to the amount of consolation money, considering the health class, the content of the article posted by the Defendants, and the degree of expression. However, considering various circumstances shown in the argument of this case, such as the Defendants’ criticism of the Plaintiff’s act revealed in the above article, it is reasonable to determine the amount of consolation money to be paid to the Plaintiff as KRW 10,000,000, respectively.

(c)

Therefore, the Defendants, each of the 100,000 won for consolation money, and the Defendants, each of them committed a tort on January 2019.