India, July 30 -- South Korean actor Gong Yoo, known for his roles in Goblin, Squid Game, and Train to Busan, has been vindicated in a defamation case involving false accusations of harassment.

According to a news report by Allkpop, on 29 July, the Daejeon District Court's Criminal Division 5 sentenced a woman in her 40s, identified only as A, to six months in prison, suspended for two years of probation. She was found guilty of spreading false information and violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilisation and Information Protection.

According to Korean media, between January 2020 and March 2021, the woman posted 235 defamatory comments and online posts falsely claiming Gong Yoo had threatened and h...