A former member of the baseball team at Koryo High School in Hiroshima has sued people who called him an attacker and spread the posts on social media, seeking ¥2.86 million in damages from each, his lawyer said on the 5th.
The suit follows a violence scandal involving the school's baseball team. The former player says the posts defamed him by identifying him as one of those responsible.
The lawyer gave the figure and the filing in an interview, Kyodo News reported. The school is in Hiroshima city.
The case turns on how a scandal that began with the conduct of team members spread online until people who had no part in it were named. The lawsuit is the former player's attempt to use the courts to stop that, with each defendant facing a claim of ¥2.86 million.