Lee Jun-seok, a lawmaker from the New Reform Party, was accused of filing false accusations after suing people who had raised allegations of sexual favours, but was cleared of allegations (South Korea)

The prosecution has cleared New Reform Party lawmaker Lee Jun-seok of charges of filing false accusations after he sued people who raised allegations of sexual favors.
According to the legal community on the 7th, the First Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the 5th cleared Rep. Lee of any charges of false accusation.
A prosecutor explained, "After conducting supplementary investigations, including questioning a large number of people involved in the case, we determined that there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations."
The incident occurred in December 2021 when the YouTube channel "Carocero Laboratory" discovered that Rep. Lee was a
It began when Kim Seong-jin, the president of Ikaisto, accused Lee of providing sexual favours to her twice. Lee denied the allegations and then-President of the Institute, Kang Yong-seok,
He filed a lawsuit against the lawyer and reporter Kim Sae-wi for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act. Kim's legal representative, Kang Shin-op, then filed a lawsuit against Rep. Lee for false accusation.
Kim maintained that the sexual entertainment was true. The prosecution summoned Kim and his attendant, a man named Chang, as witnesses to confirm the facts.
The lawmaker was also reportedly investigated. Prior to this, the police had reportedly submitted a recommendation to the prosecution in October 2022 to indict the case, stating that Rep. Lee had falsely accused those involved in the Carocello Laboratory, despite the fact that the allegations were factual.
The case was referred to the prosecution, but the prosecutor decided not to indict.