[일요서울 | 곽영미 기자] April Naeun’s side is promptly clarifying various rumors and suspicions.
Amid the recent online disclosure that April-born Lee Hyun-joo left the group due to bullying by members, suspicions related to Na-eun Lee, who was pointed out as one of the perpetrators, appeared one after another, raising controversy.
In response, Lee Na-eun’s agency, DSP Media, clarified the suspicions related to April and Lee Na-eun. First, during the bullying rumor, Lee Na-eun explained the situation at the time about the fact that Lee Hyun-joo stole the sneakers with Cheonggukjang in the tumbler.
DSP Media said, “There were about 40 to 50 tumblers in the hotel, and one of them had miso stew and was eating with the members in the practice room. At the time, Lee Hyun-joo said that it was her tumbler, and Lee Na-eun immediately apologized, and Lee Hyun-ju also shared the tumbler’s Cheonggukjang with the members.”
Next, regarding shoes, “The company gave the members 12 pairs of two identical shoes. Among them, it was an incident because the size of the four members were the same.”
In addition, it was clarified that the theory of violence in school and the rumors of dating with Ajax Yoon Young were “unfounded”. Regarding the theory of school violence, he implied that he responded by saying that it was “a vicious slander against our artists and false facts without ground.” It is not worth responding to.”
In addition, DSP Media also explained about the capturing photos that are spreading under the title of’Easy Past Remarks’ centered on the online community. The image contains a comment that a person named Lee Na-eun left an acquaintance with,’Do you want to be raped by Ko Young-wook?’ Ko Young-wook, mentioned in the comments, was a celebrity from the group Lula and was imprisoned from January 2013 to July 2015 after being arrested for sexual assault and forcibly harassing a minor.
Lee Na-eun’s agency explained that the captured image of Ko Young-wook’s remarks was “the captured photo is a composite photo,” and that “the photo that had spread a long time ago is spreading again.”
In response to rumors popping up, DSP Media announced that it had entered into legal proceedings. DSP Media said, “In the morning of the 2nd, we proceeded a criminal complaint for the case of spreading malicious synthetic posts and unfounded false facts against our artists through the law firm Elves. I am suffering deeply. 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.”
He added, “There will be no preoccupation or agreement,” he emphasized, saying, “DSP Media will do its best to protect the rights and interests of artists.”
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