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[이데일리 정시내 기자] Group April’s Lee Na-eun said it had filed a criminal complaint against a composite post alleging that she referred to a former sex offender, Ko Young-wook.
April’s agency DSP Media said on the 2nd that “a criminal complaint was proceeded with the case of spreading malicious synthetic posts and unfounded false facts toward our artists through the law firm Elves.”
“Our artists are deeply suffering from distorted and malicious false posts.” “From the current time of posting the notice, we are writing and distributing posts containing malicious slander and unfounded false facts against our artists. We plan to respond strongly to the actions. There will be no prejudice or agreement.”
Recently, a post called’Remarks in the Past’ was posted amid bullying suspicions of former member Lee Hyun-joo, mainly on the online community.
This was written in 2003, and it became controversial by leaving a comment to an acquaintance with whom a person named Lee Na-eun had a conversation, “Do you want to be raped by Ko Young-wook?”
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Meanwhile, Ko Young-wook, a former member of the group Lula, was charged with sexual assault or forcibly harassing three minors in Seoul’s own officetels and cars five times from July 2010 to December 2012.
In December 2013, the Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of two years and six months in prison. After release, they ordered three years to attach a location tracking electronic device (electronic anklet) and five years to disclose personal information. Afterwards, Ko Young-wook was released from Seoul Southern Prison in 2015 with an electronic anklet on.
The following is the full text of DSP Media’s position.
Hi. DSP Media.
On the morning of the 2nd, we filed a criminal complaint with the law firm Elves for the case of spreading malicious synthetic posts and unfounded false facts directed at our artists.
Our artists are deeply suffering from distorted and malicious false posts. From the current time of posting this notice, we will strongly respond to malicious slander against our artists, writing posts containing unfounded false information, and distributing them. There will be no favors or agreements.
DSP Media will do its best to protect the rights and interests of artists.