Lee Hyun-joo vs. April’s official position… Bullying controversy
[천지일보=박혜옥 기자] Group April Jena confessed her feelings of frustration over the allegations of harassment damage, former member Lee Hyun-joo.
Jena posted on her instagram on the 18th, “I wanted to show the facts clearly in court, but I couldn’t watch countless speculations anymore.” I endured myself. At a young age, I wanted to be complained and bewildered, but all of them have been doing their work in their own seats silently without paying a single spot.”
“I tried my best in my own way. No matter how difficult it is, be polite, give up your turn, leave a letter when you get sick, and celebrate your birthday. As a member, I did a lot of things I should do.”
Jena said, “I felt that the member always pushed us out. In what happened to everyone, I thought I was the only victim. Even in an accidental situation, they treated us as perpetrators.”
He said, “We are the same person, so there is no one who has not been sick with body, mind, and pain. How much harder it should be. How long will I have to endure these things? It has become a wound that cannot be healed now.”
On the same day, April’s agency DSP Media also expressed a refutation to Lee Hyun-joo’s allegations of harassment.
DSP Media said about Lee Hyun-joo’s SNS post, “The content mentioned in this post is only a one-sided, distorted argument that is completely different from the objective facts.”
“After five years after leaving April, Lee Hyun-joo and his aide have been struggling for a long time, and due to the irresponsible actions they have committed toward April members and their agency, the members and the company are already difficult to bear. I suffered mental pain and tangible and intangible loss,” he explained.
In addition, “The victims were also desperate to reveal the truth and resolve their resentment, but only extremely subjective and irresponsible arguments were repeated, but they were concerned that the problem would not be resolved. “All the truth and the resentment of the members mentioned will be revealed soon through the ongoing legal process.”
Earlier, Lee Hyun-joo posted on his Instagram, “The harassment began in 2014, when preparing for debut, and continued until 2016, when he left the team. I was 17 at the time, living in a dorm, preparing for my debut, and spending 24 hours with the perpetrators in a place where no one could rely on.”
“I couldn’t stand it, and I confessed my pain to my parents, and my parents told me to the CEO, but the situation was repeated that they were blaming me. After this was known to the perpetrators, the harassment against me intensified. The situation got worse, such as being allowed to talk with my parents for a short time in front of the manager, and I kept getting smaller,” he said. “The contents disclosed to the outside are only a few. During those three years, I had to consistently suffer from assault, abuse, harassment, abusive language, and personal attacks. Even though the company knew about this, it looked by and took no action.”
He continued, “There were times when we fell into the invisible darkness and made extreme choices, but they seemed to feel nothing or a sense of sorry. I ended up withdrawing from the team by unilaterally shifting the reason the company prepared, and I had to take on the stigma of continuing bad comments, accusations, and traitors.”
Lee Hyun-ju said, “Now, I don’t want to stay still to protect myself, my family, and my acquaintances. I will also respond to the company’s criminal complaints with those who support me.”
Next is April Jena’s specialty.
Good morning. This is April Jena. First of all, we apologize for causing concern to many people due to the controversy. I wanted to show the facts clearly in the court, but I can’t keep watching countless speculations anymore, so I’ll write them down step by step here.
Our starting points were all different, but we ran to this place without stopping looking at one goal together. One of them was April, our very precious team. In the meantime, we’ve gone through all the things we don’t have to go through. Each of them was exhausted and exhausted, so there were many times that they wanted to let go of everything, but the members held their teeth for 7 years. At a young age, I wanted to be complained and bewildered, but all of them have been doing their jobs silently in their own place without paying any attention. It was a time when they were all young and difficult to take care of themselves.
Because it’s a team, because it’s a member we’ll be with in the future, reach out and go together when we fall behind. We take it for granted too. So we tried to do our best in our own way. No matter how difficult it is, be polite, give up your turn, leave a letter when you are sick, and celebrate your birthday… I did countless things that you deserve as the same member you think.
But I felt that the member always pushed us out. In what happened to everyone, they considered only themselves as victims and treated us as perpetrators even in accidental situations.
Unless I trusted the members, I felt more and more deeply aware that all of our efforts were meaningless. It’s always been up to us to deal with the anxiety and fear of not knowing where things will go. Nevertheless, I think the situation was more severe if it was up to my peers or younger friends to be unable to take care of the members with weak bodies and minds.
The members are always healthy and have a strong mentality, so they haven’t come to this place safely. Since we are the same person, there is no one who has not been sick with body, mind, and pain. Some pains were unknown to those who did not go through those hard times together. By the way, can you speak easily as if you know us better than us, as if we were going through those situations together? From that day on, we have been standing alone as we did then, without knowing how the day will pass. How much harder should it be. How long do I have to endure these things? Now, it has become a really irreparable wound.
It hurts me so much that the long period of 7 years has turned into a pointless time in an instant as this is not true. It’s me, even if it’s not me, and this reality that we’ve done even if we didn’t do it is scary. Once again, I would like to inform you that there was no bullying, bullying, assault, or violent language, and that everyone was struggling. I hope that the members and fans will not be hurt and hurt anymore with distorted words and words that are difficult to put in their mouths. We will endure to the end so that the family, acquaintances, and fans who have trusted us and took off their feet are no longer injured.
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