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Mnet PD Ahn Joon-young and Kim Yong-beom CP were sentenced to prison in the first trial for fraud tampering with the ratings of the ‘Produce 101’ series. On the 18th, the First Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Chief Judge Jung Joon-young) sentenced Ahn PD and Kim CP to two years in prison and a fine of 37 million won, respectively, and one year and eight. months in prison, maintaining the sentence of the first trial.
The Court of Appeal found the court’s ruling justified, saying: “Although the final member was decided in advance, the fact that viewers were misled into selecting the final member by voting for paid texts interfered with the broadcaster’s business. And fooled the viewers. ” . Assistant Principal Lee Amugae PD, who participated in the manipulation, was also sentenced to the same sentence as the first trial with a fine of 10 million won.
The appeals court explained the reason for the sentence, saying, “Kim Yong-beom is a general producer and has a great responsibility in the sense that he has tolerated manipulation, and Ahn Joon-young has great responsibility in the fact of who actively participated in manipulating the ranking as the top producer and received entertainment from entertainment companies. ” The entertainment agency officials who were fined in the first trial were sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of probation and a social service order.
The Court of Appeals said: “This incident significantly damaged the fairness of the broadcast program and some trainees were deprived of the opportunity to appear on the broadcast and make their debut. The people who suffered the most damage from this incident were the trainees who were unfairly eliminated due to ranking manipulation. On this day, for the first time, the names of the apprentices who suffered from vote manipulation were released.
According to this, Kim Soo-hyun and Seo Hye-rin were eliminated in the first voting operation in Season 1, Sung Hyun-woo in the first voting operation in Season 2, and Dong-ho Kang in the fourth voting operation. they were eliminated. Lee Ga-eun and Han Cho-won were eliminated in the fourth voting operation of season 3. Anjardi Timothy was eliminated as the first voting operation for season 4, Kim Kook-heon Lee Jin-woo as the third operation of voting for season 4 and Lee Jin-hyuk Lee Jin-hyuk and Geum Dong-hyun for the fourth voting operation of season 4.
The trainees who were in the correct debut but were eliminated due to the manipulation of the voting rankings were season 3 Lee Ga-eun, Han Cho-won and season 4 Koo Jeong-mo, Lee Jin-hyuk and Geum Dong- hyun. Lee Ga-eun, Han Cho-won’s final ranking before manipulation was fifth and sixth, respectively. Koo Jeong-mo, Lee Jin-hyuk, and Geum Dong-hyun were sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively in season 4, but were unable to debut. The Court of Appeals said: “Material compensation is important to the victims, but the fact that they were unfairly removed before it was revealed through a fair criminal trial is the beginning of true reparation for damages.” Consequently, direct compensation and apologies, which have been delayed until now, are unavoidable for CJ ENM.
The Court of Appeals did not reveal the names of the trainees who passed in place of the defectors, saying: “It appears that trainees whose classifications have been fabricated for their benefit did not appear to know that their classifications were made up, and there is a high risk of becoming in victims instead of accused “.
Fact-Finding Committee “The fact that we must never forget …”
The Produce 101 Truth Investigation Committee issued a statement after the appeal judgment ruling and said: “Welcome to the dismissal of the appeal from the production team that participated in the manipulation referring to the trainees and viewers who were eliminated unfairly. In the light of many cases in which the sentence was commuted in the usual appeal trial, this sentence would have been influenced by the continued interest and requests of the people before the sentence.
The inquiry committee said: “As the court noted, the audition, in which everyone should have been winners, turned into a situation where everyone, including the spectators, became losers and in the process, although the core production team received tens of millions of won in entertainment, the prosecutor’s appeal. It is a shame to dismiss and uphold the court ruling ”. Previously, the prosecution sentenced PD Ahn and CP Kim to three years in prison each.
The investigation committee said: “The fact that we must never forget is that they did not adequately apologize to the people, but said that they would offer compensation for the victims. CJ ENM, who has no plan, filed a request for non-sanction against the production team. “
They said: “I doubt that CJ ENM’s expression of regret in the past was sincere, and if in the future there are only audience ratings, if only one group that makes money can be created, it is a concern that he will continue to manipulate it.”
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