This actor just wants to verify.

Chapter 504: This Court's Verdict (asking for monthly tickets)

The "Transfiguration Case" is not just a defamation incident, it also has two more eye-catching aspects.

One is that with the rise of the Internet, such incidents are becoming more and more serious, and how should society respond?

The other reason is that An Xiaoxi was still an underage student when she was slandered as a deformed person. So our protection was not targeted at the right people.

This kind of non-protection, but protection of some...

In any case, during the more than two months since the case was filed and waiting for the trial, the situation has rapidly escalated.

College student debates, expert interviews, legal program interpretations... this has become a social event involving multiple circles including the entertainment industry and the legal industry.

Under pressure from the school, the Women and Minors Protection Association and other parties, the case was finally tried in early October.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if An Xiaoxi doesn’t go to court. The court will still make the same decision.

The lawyer will do his best to fight for her request.

After all, the barrister's mentor and classmates were also paying attention to this case, so how could he not work hard?

By the same token, the judges are also under a lot of pressure.

Too many teachers and students are paying attention to this case.

But there is some benefit to An Xiaoxi's appearance in court, that is, she is standing here in person, and the way she speaks and behaves will make people wonder how many people think she is a man.

How could this little girl be a boy!

In court, after seeing An Xiaoxi in person, the presiding judge wanted to throw the hammer directly at Mr. Song's head.

You are sick.

Such a little girl, you say she is a boy?
Even Zhao Gao wasn't as outrageous as you.

The man surnamed Song actually said that his good friend worked in a hospital, and that his workplace happened to be the hospital where An Xiaoxi had surgery. He even stated with certainty that his revelations were definitely true and could withstand any scrutiny, and that An Xiaoxi was welcome to sue him.

Now An Xiaoxi has really sued.

She also made her statement in person, without crying or getting excited, and calmly described the tremendous pressure she had been under because of Song's message and the wave of public opinion attacks he had launched.

He even provided medical records of going to the hospital for psychological treatment.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to him, if he continued to insist that An Xiaoxi was a deformed person, he would definitely be sentenced to the maximum penalty by the court. So Song said that the blog was opened by someone else in his name and he was not aware of it.

Changing one's words in court is simply shameless.

Song also "generously" said that in order to express his apology, he was willing to apologize in the newspaper.

He hoped that An Xiaoxi, who had an annual income of tens of millions, would not bother with an ordinary citizen like him.

But An Xiaoxi's lawyer was so well prepared.

Various social media accounts of Song involved in the case were provided in court. Just tell us which account was stolen and someone in the technical department can provide you with the data.

In addition, the man surnamed Song actually published a book.

This further proves the fact that he was slandering.

However, sales were very low, with only over a hundred copies sold.

If An Xiaoxi had ignored the man surnamed Song at that time, the man surnamed Song would have spread further rumors and started promoting the book, leading netizens to buy it crazily.

Unexpectedly, An Xiaoxi actually dared to sue him.

Even if this book is stillborn, it can only serve as a powerful piece of "evidence presented in court."

The development of events was very different from what Song had expected.

First, the amount of the claim was huge, far different from the tens of thousands of dollars he had initially thought.

If he really had to pay so much, he would not only lose everything he had, but would also be heavily in debt.

Second, An Xiaoxi was so determined to sue him that she refused to engage in private settlement since the case was filed.

Mr. Song has tried to reach an out-of-court settlement by using his connections more than once.

Unfortunately, every attempt ended in failure.

Those people who had followed him to slander An Xiaoxi at the beginning also stopped and waited to laugh at him.

It made Mr. Song feel like he was being targeted by the whole world.

Third, minors and schools were involved, which was something Song had not expected.

If he had known this earlier, he would have said those words a few months later.

In fact, that was exactly what he intended.

However, "Those Years" was so popular that it became the most popular movie in 2005, and An Xiaoxi became the most popular star in 2005. This popularity was fleeting, and if he didn't seize the opportunity, it would be too late when the movie was taken off the screen.

One step wrong, step by step wrong.

Of course, Mr. Song would definitely not admit his guilt.

First of all, he does not think that he has made any direct profit as the offender.

The lawyer explained to him what traffic monetization means.

Song obtained traffic by infringing on others' reputation and goodwill. He also listed various profit-making methods after he reaped the traffic dividend, including the successful sales of the film and television dramas he invested in, the preparatory preparations for the planned book publishing, and the number of copies to be printed, etc.

Mr. Song had no choice but to argue that he was just following others in spreading rumors and did not need to bear all the losses of An Xiaoxi and "Those Years".

In this situation, if you put all the responsibility on me, I will not accept it.

Of course, it was just an excuse, after all, the brand mentioned his name.

Interestingly, these two brands said that because of Song’s revelations, they no longer used An Xiaoxi, and their product sales actually doubled.

Yes, doubling the money is that simple, and it is much more useful than celebrity endorsements.

An Xiaoxi's fans and passers-by who sympathize with An Xiaoxi think that the brand is very upright. Although they are no longer cooperating, they were very polite in the advertisement and also provided direct evidence for An Xiaoxi to sue Song.

You must buy it.

In addition, this incident caused such a big stir that the two brands, which frequently appeared in various news, inexplicably became well-known.

When ordinary people go to the supermarket to buy things and see these two brands, they subconsciously think that these two brands are more famous and more trustworthy, so they choose these two brands.

Therefore, Mr. Song’s remarks of shirking responsibility are also untenable.

Of course, the amount of money demanded is definitely impossible to achieve. This consequence is caused by the group. Even if he is the main culprit and the instigator, it will not work.

The law is the law and cannot be arbitrarily violated.

Since the charge of defamation could not be denied, Mr. Song started to cry poor.

Compensation for defamation crime requires a high level of repayment ability of the suspect, also known as the ability of the infringer to bear civil liability.

As an ordinary person with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan and single-digit savings, you will definitely not be ordered to pay 30 million yuan in compensation.

Therefore, crying poor is Mr. Song’s last stubbornness.

If this is unexpected, the lawyer will not only be embarrassed, but he should just take out his doctoral degree certificate and return it to the school.

Mr. Song worked as a real estate agent, underwriting a developer's properties. He distributed a large number of flyers, attracting many people to the sales office to view houses, choose houses, pay deposits and sign contracts, and earned three million yuan.

Later, he founded a company and invented two popular products: height-increasing insoles and height-increasing knee pads.

From a millionaire to a multi-millionaire, and then to a billionaire.

This billionaire's fortune is indeed very high, but his later investments in film and television dramas also easily generated turnover of tens of millions.

We also discovered that he had committed a number of illegal acts in the course of his business operations.

Of course, this is not an issue that this court is concerned with.

There will be other prosecution procedures.

At least it proves that tens of millions of compensation is just a drop in the bucket for Song.

The trial process was not open and was not announced to the public afterwards, but Song Zude quickly published an apology statement in the newspaper, which was quickly reprinted by media outlets of all sizes.

Many people took the initiative to tell Hao Yun the results.

An Xiaoxi went straight to Hao Yun and told him the good news.

"We won, Hao Yun, we won!"

The court took into account that the offender Song tried every possible means, racked his brains, and used all means to intentionally infringe on the rights of others, and his subjective malice was quite great.

Considering that the infringer Song has a strong ability to bear civil liability and has a complete and premeditated profit plan.

Considering that the victim is a minor, the degree of mental damage and the consequences are relatively serious.

Therefore, a heavier sentence was imposed, ordering Song to pay the victim economic loss, mental loss, and reputation loss totaling RMB 5 million.

As for the subsequent claim for tens of millions of yuan in compensation for "Those Years", the court did not support it and only required Song to pay 20 yuan in compensation.

In other words, Song only paid a total of 520 million in compensation.

"So few? It seems like my law seniors aren't very helpful." Hao Yun just said casually.

As far as the crime of defamation and insult is concerned, a personal fine of more than 500 million is an unprecedented standard.

It was all thanks to the fact that Song's behavior was so bad and An Xiaoxi was underage, otherwise it would have been good to get hundreds of thousands.

Song's act of transferring property before the trial also gave him "extra" points.

I originally thought that Song would continue to appeal.

Unexpectedly, he decisively apologized in the newspaper and paid the fine in full.

"I heard that all the TV series and movies he invested in were returned and claimed for compensation, and he has several lawsuits waiting to be filed..."

An Xiaoxi came from the capital, so she is more informed.

On the surface, they lost 520 million and lost face.

The actual loss was far greater than this amount, after all, Song had invested in many film and television works.

If he is really sued collectively, he will inevitably be in endless trouble, and those who invested money with him will not let him go.

Just imagine, can anyone who chooses to cooperate with Mr. Song be a good person?
(End of this chapter)