The defendant shall be innocent.

1. The Defendant was a person working in the finance division of the Incorporated Foundation B, and the victim C (legal name: D) is a school executive director of the Incorporated Foundation B.

피고인은 2018. 5. 3. 15:18경 수원시 장안구 수일로에 있는 ‘대추골 도서관’에서,‘E’ 인터넷 사이트에 게시된 2018. 5. 1.자 “F”란 제목의 기사에 대하여 컴퓨터를 이용하여 ‘G’란 대화 명으로 “복종할 수밖에 없는 이유가 있을 것 같은데요 약점이 물렸거나 덫에 걸려거나 불쌍한 중생 여럿 많을 꺼 같네요 H사장도 그렇고 100년 묵은 돌연변이 구렁이가 사람 이용하는데 달인이고 토사구팽의 달인 I가 복종할 수 밖에 없는 이유가 뭘까요 남자는 세끝을 조심해야 합니다 혀끝 손끝 고추끝”라는 댓글을 작성하여 게시함으로써, 비방할 목적으로 정보통신망을 통하여 공공연하게 거짓의 사실을 드러내어 피해자의 명예를 훼손하였다.

2. In order to establish the crime of defamation, a statement of fact must be made, and the alleged facts should be made to the extent that the social value or assessment of a specific person might be infringed.

At this time, a statement of fact refers to a report or statement of specific past or present facts in comparison to an expression of opinion, the term “value judgment or evaluation” means a time and space, and the content thereof means that it can be proven by evidence. When a statement of determination is distinguished from fact or opinion, it shall be determined in consideration of the overall circumstances, such as ordinary meaning and usage of language, possibility of proof, context in which the expression at issue was used, social situation in which the expression was made, etc.

(see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 2017Do15628, Dec. 5, 2017). The ordinary meaning and usage of the language expressed by the evidence duly adopted and examined by this Court, and the above expressions are expressed.