[ad_1]
[매일경제 스타투데이 박세연 기자]
The Court of Appeals also sent the same sentence as the lower sentence to PD Ahn Joon-young and CP Kim Yong-beom, who were sentenced to prison in the first trial for manipulating the Mnet series ‘Produce’. The judiciary has unusually revealed the real names of the trainees who have been damaged by the manipulation, which have not been known until now, and began actively healing the wounds.
On the 18th, the Seoul High Court First Criminal Division (Deputy Judge Jung Joon-young, Song Young-seung, Kang Sang-wook) proceeded with an appeal trial on charges such as fraud by PD Ahn Jun-young and CP Kim Yong-beom, and sentenced PD Ahn Jun-young and CP Kim Yong-bum respectively two years, one year and eight months in prison.
That day, the judge reviewed the seriousness of the problem of ‘producing’ through the sentence.
The judge said: “The result of the audition program in which all the participants of the program could be winners, unfortunately, all became losers. The defendants destroyed the authenticity of the audition program, which is the debut group’s selection, and the trainees who were unfairly eliminated for ranking manipulation were forced to live with trauma throughout their lives, ”quoted the terrible reality caused by manipulation.
In particular, the court also published a list of apprentices who were victims of vote rigging. According to this, season 1 Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Hye-rim, season 2 Seong Hyun-woo, Kang Dong-ho, season 3 Lee Ga-eun, Han Cho-won, season 4 Angard Timothy, Kim Kook -heon, Lee Jin-woo, Koo Jeong-mo, Lee Jin-hyuk and Geum Dong-hyun were eliminated due to manipulation. Among them, season 3 Lee Ga-eun, Han Cho-won, and season 4 Koo Jeong-mo, Lee Jin-hyuk, and Geum Dong-hyun entered their final ranking debut, but were eventually eliminated.
The judge said: “The crime in this case damaged the fairness of the broadcast show, and the trainees and viewers who appeared on the show were misled and joked. Some trainees were deprived of the opportunity to raise awareness or debut. The person who suffered the most damage from this incident is the trainee who was unfairly eliminated through classification manipulation. ”
At the same time, “The CEO of CJ ENM also publicly apologized to viewers and fans in connection with this incident. He has committed to taking responsibility and compensating trainees for manipulating the classification, and to discussing and implementing support for future activities. Furthermore, compensation for such damages is only possible when the apprentices who were eliminated by the accused through the manipulation of hierarchies are identified. Material compensation is also important for apprentices of victims, but the fact that the defendants deliberately removed the apprentices could be the beginning of compensation.
However, the judiciary decided not to reveal the trainees whose ranks increased due to voting rigging. The judge said: “The trainees whose ranks were manipulated for their benefit did not know that their ranks were manipulated, and the trainees could also be seen as victims, as a situation where they were subordinate to entertainment agencies based on rank manipulation. “. If you reveal trainees whose rankings are being manipulated to advantage, there is a high risk of becoming a victim rather than the defendants (producers).
“This trial condemns the defendants who have tampered with the ratings, and it is not a trial that condemns the apprentices who burned the youth with their best efforts to believe in the authenticity of the audition program,” he said. “Media officials understand the position of the judge who chose the next best. Please be careful to avoid any other unfair damage. ”
According to the ruling, actual ‘producer’ apprentices have benefited from the show while working with such a track record, but suffered the stigma of ‘appearing on a manipulation show’ as a result. Not to mention the direct victims of manipulation, and those who worked as a project group created as a debut group were disgraced as ‘manipulation stones’ when it was not known who the direct beneficiary of the manipulation was.
It was a program where everyone could be a beneficiary, but as a result, everyone became a victim, and as the judge said, this situation remains a lifelong trauma that all victims-in-training must heal in their lives.
Those who are expected to suffer direct harm beyond trauma are the IZone group. IZone was hit by a direct hit with the operation member’s real name that was released on December 7 with the official comeback of the new album before the end of activities in April next year. The current members of IZone selected as the debut group are not at fault, but in fact, Gaeun Lee and Chowon Han, who were able to debut in the final rankings 5 and 6, were excluded from the debut group due to manipulation by the production team. The weight is placed on the perspective of whether it is morally unreasonable.
On the other hand, the Mnet side issued, “ Mnet’s position statement on the results of the ‘produce’ appeal trial and the case related to ‘produce’ today was sentenced to an appeal trial.
Mnet respects the judgment of the courts and humbly accepts the conclusions. I apologize once again for causing a great social criticism.
Mnet said, “In particular, the list of trainees who were harmed through the ‘Produce’ series during this trial was published. We have no way of apologizing for the trainees and their families who were deeply hurt by us.” We promised that we will do our best to ensure that all damage apprentices disclosed through the program are responsible for damage compensation until the very end. ”
[ⓒ 매일경제 & mk.co.kr, 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]
