"I Think I'm Going Crazy Over Your Beauty"... Man in His 50s Sent Sexual Messages to Subordinate

Chuncheon District Court Sentences Him to Six Months in Prison, Suspended for One Year
Dismissed for Secondary Victimization; Also Lost Damages Lawsuit

A man in his 50s who was disciplined for sending sexually explicit text messages to a subordinate filed a complaint accusing the employee of fabricating evidence, but was instead sentenced to prison, with the sentence suspended, for making a false accusation.

According to Yonhap News Agency on October 12, the Chuncheon District Court's Criminal Division 2, presided over by Judge Go Beomjin, said it had sentenced A, 56, who was indicted on a charge of making a false accusation, to six months in prison, suspended for one year.

According to the indictment, in December 2024, A filed a complaint alleging that B, a former coworker, had fabricated evidence to make it appear that B had received sexually explicit text messages and submitted it to the court. However, it emerged that A had actually sent B such messages nine times. A claimed that B had fabricated the evidence and submitted it to the court, despite having sent messages containing phrases such as, "I think I'm going crazy. You're so beautiful. I think I'm going crazy over your beauty."

A even filed a lawsuit seeking damages from B and the company, claiming that he had never sent sexually explicit messages and that B had created false evidence and submitted it to the company's audit office, resulting in his being unfairly disciplined. He ultimately lost both cases.

Earlier, A was demoted in January 2024 for reasons including making sexually inappropriate remarks and engaging in other conduct toward subordinates. In May of the same year, he posted documents from a civil lawsuit, including a complaint stating that he was seeking damages from three employees who had suffered harm, including B, on a social media message board accessible to all employees without anonymizing their identities. He was subsequently dismissed on grounds of "secondary victimization."

The court explained its decision on the sentence, saying, "We determined the sentence after taking into account that A has belatedly confessed to all of his offenses, that he has no prior criminal record, and that the risk of B being punished as a result of the defendant's actions did not materialize."

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