Man Sued For Defaming Virtual K-Pop Boy Band

Do not, under any circumstances, badmouth a virtual K-pop boy band on social media!! A man was taken to court for doing so, and you won't believe the results! 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Morning Drive with Christy Live on demand.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
If you talk trash about somebody, it can definitely cost you.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
I think most people know that.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Today the crazy train is headed out to South Korea,
where a man is getting sued for talking trash about
this boy band.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
There is a K pop band called Plave.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
The boy band is made up of five members, and
I guess this guy went on x formerly Twitter and
was talking about the way that the boy band members
look and apparently people didn't like that, so now he's
being sued by the band. The only thing is Plave
the boy band is made up of five virtual avatars.

(00:47):
They are cartoons. This is not even a real band.
They are just vibes and pixels, not real people. But
all five members are actually suing this man in real life,
in real.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
Court for saying you were talking trash about the way
we look. They are cartoons. It is a digital band
made up. That's crazy.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
That is crazy.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
They want six and a half million one don't, Yes,
they do. They want payment for each of the five
members of this boy band. And I'm reading this story
a little bit more and it looks like this case
has already been tried and he actually lost the case.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
This is so the cartoon up to court.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
And the cartoons one. Oh, what is happening in the world.
I don't know. That is crazy. Oh gosh, welcome to
the future. That is your crazy news. Well I can't
you know?

Speaker 4 (01:48):
All right?

Speaker 2 (01:49):
You can ride the crazy Train every weekday at seven,
ten and nine forty and it's on demand too. You
can always find your crazy news at Classic Hits one
O three seven dot com. All right if you want to.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
The avatars have emotional distress.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
Like you said, I don't there. It's the future, you guys.
This is I can't there. It is.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
You're listening to The Morning Drive with Christie Live on demand.