Singer Cho Young-nam won the election in the Popeial on Grim a great work. "I will continue to paint Grim," he said.
On the afternoon of the 28th, the second division of the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Appeals Division (chief judge Park No-soo) judged Cho Young-nam's innocence at the Cho Young-nam Appeal The Judgment hearing, which was charged with Grim a great work (fraud).
Cho Young-nam has been at the center of controversy with a similar Grim a great work incident. At the time, Cho Yeong-nam was charged with drawing 2 ~ 300 Grims to an unknown painter from 2009 to 2016, simply overlaying the background, and selling it for about 160 million won. The first trial court ruled on probation, but in the Appeal, the innocence was Judgment and headed to the Appeal. The Supreme Court finally concluded the incident by innocence ruling.
This trial is similar. Cho Young-nam was accused of cheating on a great work titled "The Catcher in the Rye" in 2011 as he painted it and selling it to Mr. A for 8 million won. The prosecution judged that a college student who was not identified was drawing Grim instead of Cho, but he was judged to be innocence in the first trial.
The prosecution Appealed, saying, "Innocent Defendant (Cho Young-nam) can prove that he is not a Grim drawn by himself, but a Grim drawn by someone else, and it is wrong to judge him as an innocence at the time even though he is a fraud." But the second trial also held up Cho Yeong-nam's hand. The court rejected the prosecution's Appeal on the grounds that "even if someone other than Innocent Defendant was involved in drawing Grim, it could be one of the elements, as judged in the first trial, along with the recognition, artistry, and scarcity prices of the work, but no one could be considered more specifically".
This led Cho Young-nam to clear all suspicions about Grim a great work; Cho Young-nam stood before the reporters after the trial. "I think I was proud of myself and did well to prove that modern art is alive in our country. It is the first case in the world, and it is clear that it is overwhelmed to say it. "
When the reporters asked about the number of cases in which the prosecution Appealed, they said, "Then thank (the prosecution): It is an opportunity to let them know that art is alive and that there is contemporary art. We should try another showdown, we will play...." He also said that he would continue to work on his work. "I thought the singer was tackled for not singing and doing something else," he said, "and will continue (Grim). I will draw a nice Grim so hard that I can meet the expectations of those who come to see my Grim. I think it is my job. "