"There was no academic background, I lost my dream of becoming an actor and even ticked"... Shim Eun-woo appealed for unfairness after 4 years of being framed.
Mar 21, 2025
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Shim Eun-woo's side said in an official position on the 21st that "We received a decision from the police during the defamation lawsuit, but during the investigation, it was clearly revealed that there was no academic record" and that "We want to correct the situation where the lie was accepted as true"
Shim Eun-woo, who made his face known in the JTBC drama The World of Couples in 2020, suspended his activities in March of the following year due to allegations of school violence. Later, he sued the reveler A, but he was cleared of charges due to insufficient evidence. In response, Shim Eun-woo emphasized "This does not mean that A's claim is true."
Regarding the incident at the time, everyone testified that it had not happened except for Mr. A. The figures mentioned by Mr. A also showed the same position""On the contrary, Mr. A changed his initial attitude that he only wanted an apology and demanded money, and when he refused, he sent a proof of content to Shim Eun-woo saying, "Don't even say it's unfair.""," he added.
In addition, Mr. A has continued to engage in unconvincing behavior, such as unilaterally conveying his position to the media or reporting the contents of the call", and made it clear that Shim Eun-woo was the one who suffered the unfair damage.
He also said he received an apology e-mail in July last year from the drama production team he was filming at the time. Shim Eun-woo said "I have suffered severe mental pain for more than four years, and now my health is deteriorating due to tic symptoms."
Finally, "Shim Eun-woo lost his lifelong dream of becoming an actor and is still suffering from malicious comments and ridicule."I hope that the past will no longer be distorted, and that the spread of unfounded false information should be stopped."
Next, Shim Eun-woo's position full text
Hello.
Since Mr. A reported school violence against Mr. Shim Eun-woo on an online community bulletin board in 2021, I would like to inform you of the litigation process and results of 'Defamation by False Facts in a Timely manner' and the position so far.
As a result, it was decided that there was no academic record proved during the investigation period, and at the same time, I expressed my position to correct the situation in which the falsehood became true.
It's a long article, but please read it until the end with a broad mind.
As of this time, I hope that Shim Eun-woo will recover his lost life from the false accusation and misunderstanding that he is the perpetrator of the school violence.
#Timeline Organization
- Shim Eun-woo's middle school classmate A pointed out Shim Eun-woo as the perpetrator of the school violence and repeatedly revised the text and added the contents of the first post he wrote four years ago several times. At that time, the post stated that there was no physical violence, but last year, A suddenly changed his words and sent a proof of content by adding that Shim Eun-woo assaulted him.
- In the second post he wrote afterwards, he spread false information such as that his agency asked for forgiveness. When his agency complained, he changed his words, saying, "I am sorry," and revised his posting four times.
- Shim Eun-woo explained in detail that it doesn't matter because the person who directly argued with A appeared after seeing the post. The statement and interview were conducted, but Mr. A did not accept it.
- Despite the specific testimony of the actual person in the case, A suggested Shim Eun-woo to investigate the lie detector. However, while A did not respond to the lie detector investigation, Shim Eun-woo is sincerely investigated. As a result, Shim Eun-woo's statement was not found to be false.
- At that time, many classmates and homeroom teachers testified that A did not claim anything, and even all the people A mentioned in the post answered that it did not happen. Mr. A is the only one who claims it.
- Mr. A's father asked his homeroom teacher in the second grade "The first grade homeroom teacher also wrote an affidavit to Mr. A, so please write it as well." However, in the first grade, the homeroom teacher never wrote an affidavit, and the homeroom teacher in the second grade refused to write an affidavit, saying that he could not lie.
- Mr. A reversed his original position that he only wanted an apology, and then suddenly demanded money from Shim Eun-woo, along with proof that he should not appeal unfairness in the future. Rejecting Shim Eun-woo and requesting a reinvestigation.
- It is not easy for the re-investigation request to be accepted in practice, but this case was carried out because the need for re-investigation was recognized. This is an extremely rare case in the country as well.
- In order for defamation to be established, Mr. A must prove that he wrote a post even though he recognized that it was a false fact. However, A still firmly believes that Shim Eun-woo committed violence even though the person involved in the case came out, and eventually it became a decision of 'not to send it'.
- In other words, even without Shim Eun-woo's harassment, if A had written with such belief, he could not be punished because his intention would not be recognized.
- The decision not to send is not that the school violence is recognized, but that the suspect cannot be punished. 'It is difficult to judge whether there was any school violence objectivelythe result of the investigation that ' came out.
- At that time, the drama producer Shim Eun-woo was filming sent an e-mail about the situation in which he had no choice but to write an apology. Also, I would like to express my sincere apology to Shim Eun-woo for his choice of the day.
1. Reason for issuing a statement even for the decision of 'Sungchi'
The decision to reject is not that school violence is recognized, but that the suspect for defamation cannot be punished.
During the investigation, clear evidence emerged that Shim Eun-woo was not the perpetrator of school violence, which is also specified in the investigation results.
There is a separate party to the case that Mr. A claims in the disclosure. In order to correct the truth, the person has finished conducting interviews and writing statements that specifically explained the situation at the time, but A does not accept the facts and repeats his one-sided argument, so we can't do anything about it.
Mr. A's father even contacted his second-grade homeroom teacher and asked him to write an affidavit because the first-grade homeroom teacher also wrote an affidavit, but as a result of checking, the first-grade homeroom teacher never wrote an affidavit. Of course, the second-grade homeroom teacher refused to write an affidavit, saying he couldn't lie.
The homeroom teacher's supplementary explanation is that if your child was going to transfer to school due to school, your parents would have called you because they couldn't come to the school for counseling, but that never happened.
In addition, Shim Eun-woo investigated and contacted the parties about all the situations claimed by A, but none of them happened. For example, among the contents of '2nd sniping text' posted by Mr. A's older sister, Lee △△ (pseudonym), on the Nate board, 'What my younger brother wants me to tell him '," and "I got close to Jo*s, and the next day, he told me that he heard everything you did wrong." I didn't have anything to do with him."
However, when I checked with my classmate, whom Mr. Lee referred to as 'Jo*s', he said that he did not even remember what Mr. Lee claimed. He also said that he wants Lee to stop making many people suffer by writing malicious articles, and that he wants to talk with Lee himself.
Nevertheless, in order for the crime of defamation to be established in fact, it is necessary to prove that Mr. A recognized that it was a false fact and wrote it. However, A continued to believe that Shim Eun-woo was the perpetrator, so the intention was not recognized, and the decision to reject the evidence was made. As a result, it is difficult to punish Mr. A, but it is difficult to confirm whether he committed school violence through the investigation process' was able to achieve a meaningful result. I won't be able to compensate for the lost time, but now I'm revealing this process in the hope that Shim Eun-woo will get out of the unfair accusation.
2. I recently got an apology from the producer
In 2021, Shim Eun-woo was filming a production that was largely done. Concerned about the damage to the work, A asked for meetings several times to meet and talk in person if there was a misunderstanding with A, but A refused all of them. Since then, A has continued to take steps that are difficult to understand, such as reporting the details of his first call with Shim Eun-woo to the media or calling the media company's office recklessly to convey his unilateral position.
Contrary to Shim Eun-woo's original intention, the wavelength of the incident grew bigger and bigger, and eventually, the production company met with A to discuss what they wanted. And Shim Eun-woo wrote an apology that he was asked not to drop out of the work he was filming. Even though this was written entirely reflecting A's request for confirmation and correction, there is still no false disclosure that it is not a true apology.
In the midst of this, Shim Eun-woo received an apology email from the drama producer who was filming at the time of the incident in July last year. At that time, he expressed his sincere regret that the writing of the apology was accepted as a 'Acceptance of Crane' contrary to the true intention of the production team.
At a time when more than half of the filming of the drama 'Fly Butterfly' in 2021, the suspicion of actor Shim Eun-woo's school violence became an issue and internally, heavy worries and skepticism continued. Usually, when such a controversy is raised, the actors and production crew of the parties are under intense pressure to drop out, both internally and externally, regardless of whether it is true or not. At that time, various opinions were discussed as the two sides continued to argue over facts in the media, but after much consideration, the production team concluded that the actor who was participating in the work would not be dropped. (Omitted)
What remains heavy in my mind now is that the publication of the apology at the time was immediately accepted by the media as 'Employee Shim Eun-woo's academic recognition', contrary to the true intention of the production team. He/she did not fully consider that the reflection on his/her immature words and actions during his/her school days in the apology would limit actor Shim Eun-woo's future activities. I sincerely apologize to actor Shim Eun-woo, who has been going through a painful time since that time.
3. Don't make any more appeals for unfairness. I won't even meet you. But I'm asking for financial compensation
Contrary to the expectation that the misunderstanding would be resolved by the appearance of the actual person who argued with A during the school year, A wrote a second post, asking for a lie detector investigation. In addition, even after the first lawsuit, he once again expressed his position to the media with a nuance that the decision of 'Bolsochi' recognized Shim Eun-woo's school record as true. In this way, A expressed his position that it was unfair through media reports, but he sent Shim Eun-woo a proof that he should not complain about unfairness and even pay financial compensation.
After being stigmatized as a perpetrator of school violence, Shim Eun-woo dropped out of all the works he decided to appear in later, and eventually, the work he filmed at the time has not yet been aired. I've been living an unstable life for over four years, and I'm just at a loss on how to live in the future. In this situation, there is no money to add, and it is said not to throw up even the anger you have endured so far.
4. Shim Eun-woo, whose face and name are well known, and the one who still exists under the pseudonym 'Mr. A'
Shim Eun-woo, who was branded as a `crime perpetrator' nationwide because his real name and face were all disclosed from the beginning, and the other person, who is still enjoying a normal daily life behind the pseudonym A, are in the opposite situation. It's just a pity that this situation continues. I'm very careful because I have a heavy responsibility to express my position even a single word. Therefore, it took a long time to convey the current position.
Shim Eun-woo lost his job as an actor he had dreamed of all his life, and is still suffering from excessive malicious comments and ridicule under false accusations. Shim Eun-woo's name is even mentioned whenever a work or character on the theme of school violence appears in public. I can't even dare to predict how much more nightmarish time I'll have to spend.
Despite receiving constant psychological counseling to overcome this, Shim Eun-woo still complains of chest pain and frustration. Recently, Tick has also developed, and his health has deteriorated a lot. The mental damage of Shim Eun-woo's family is also indescribable. Nevertheless, people around me are supporting Shim Eun-woo, who wants to live again every time.
I sincerely ask for your help once again. Please stop spreading unfounded false facts so that Shim Eun-woo's past is no longer distorted, so that he can live away from misunderstandings and false accusations in the future, and so that Shim Eun-woo can regain courage.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading this.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
