On January 7, April’s management agency DSP Media released an official statement regarding group member Naeun’s school bullying investigation.
According to DSP, the accuser ‘A’ who previously raised bullying allegations against Naeun from their elementary school days has submitted a letter of apology, admitting that the rumors were fabricated. As a result, Naeun’s side has decided to drop the defamation charges against ‘A’.
Read DSP Media’s full statement, below.
“Hello, this is DSP Media.
We would like to notify you our statement regarding the school bullying investigation and results involving our artist Lee Naeun.
In March of 2021, one online community post claimed that Lee Naeun took part in bullying during her elementary school days.
However, this was a strictly false rumor, and DSP Media proceeded to file a lawsuit against the original accuser, ‘A’, for defamation of character.
In order to prove that the contents of this community post were false, DSP Media collected adequate evidence and presented it to the investigators. After several months of investigating, the police have declared that ‘A’ was guilty of defamation of character via the spread of false rumors, and forwarded ‘A’ to prosecution for their charges.
‘A’, who contacted DSP Media with intentions to apologize to Lee Naeun after reflecting on their actions, has delivered a handwritten letter of regret as shown below.
As a result, Lee Naeun has decided to accept ‘A’s apology and will be dropping the defamation charges against the accuser.
We are happy to deliver this news to the fans who waited for a very long time with their unchanging support.
Furthermore, DSP Media once again stresses that any and all activity which involve the spread of false and malicious rumors will be met with strict legal action.
Thank you.”
original post: here
1. I didn’t even know that such controversy existed… I don’t know anything else than her bullying Hyunjoo
2. Huh? But when she wrote the clarification post about Hyunjoo, a lot of people were tormenting her
asking “what about the school violence rumors”? But now, people here are saying that they didn’t hear about it and that they don’t care? It’s just a bit funny to me ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
3. She had a school violence controversy?
4. There was a post about her school violence? It’s my first time hearing about it
5. Hyunjoo fighting
6. Is this even important right now?…
7. I hope that they resolve the Hyunjoo drama well
8. Wasn’t her unnie also exposed for school violence?
9. I thought that she only had the Hyunjoo scandal but looks like there was a school violence scandal too
10. First time hearing about this
[enter-talk] APRIL LEE NAEUN’S SIDE “A, ADMITS THAT THE SCHOOL VIOLENCE POST WAS FALSE.. ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS”
post response:
[+147][-374]
original post: here
1. [+691, -80]
But the reason why the public has turned their backs on her isn’t because of the school violence but because of the bullying inside her group though
2. [+503, -36]
This is so unrelated to Lee Hyunjoo, diverting from the topic is no noㅋㅋㅋ
3. [+146, -1]
What about the bullying scandal?
4. [+114, -434]
Hyunjoo should quickly write her apology post too
5. [+94, -62]
Lee Naeun isn’t even that pretty but she’s putting her life on the line to remain a celebrity. I hope that she screws off. There are so many new pretty kids
