While Lee Hyun-joo's younger brother from the group April revealed additional damage to his older sister, the agency expressed strong willingness to take legal action.
On the morning of the 3rd, an online community posted an article by netizen A who claimed to be Lee Hyun-joo's younger brother.
Mr. A refuted each of the content that his agency DSP media refuted and appealed for the damage and resentment of her sister's bullying.
Mr. A said, "At the company, my sister wanted an actor when she formed April, but she persuaded her to put it on the team. But while she was a trainee, she was bullied right before her debut, and she thought she couldn't make her debut with this team, so she talked to the company several times. I was persuaded."
In response to the agency's claim that "I suffered from being unable to faithfully participate in the activities due to my physical and mental problems," Mr. A said, "As my sister endured the frustrating situation of the members' harassment, there were many abnormalities in her body." During the schedule and practice, there were a lot of cases where my sister fell down on the way to work, and the members and managers who knew that she were sick did not take me to the hospital right away, and left my sister as it was."
Next, regarding the part that the agency said, "You can't divide anyone as a perpetrator or a victim," Mr. A said, "My sister talked about bullying and harassment to the company several times." I know if I did it,” he said.
It also revealed that Lee Hyun-ju had even made an extreme attempt because he could not withstand the harassment.
Mr. A was angry, saying, "A lot of facts are missing from the (company's) official position, and at first glance, my sister seems like a troublemaker who made the team difficult because she was not sincere." Explained more.
He said, "Don't do any further secondary abuse. And I hope the members will reflect on it, apologize, and admit it."
In response to this further disclosure of Mr. A, DSP Media expressed its willingness to take legal action.
DSP Media said, "We met with Lee Hyun-joo and his mother twice to fulfill their obligations to the artist, even after several exposures by Lee Hyun-joo's family and a person who claimed to be a classmate in school."
"Lee Hyun-joo claimed his own damage and demanded an extremely one-sided, different from the facts. Our company nevertheless tried to continue the discussion together, but the person who claimed to be Lee Hyun-joo's younger brother was once again unilateral in the early morning of the 3rd. By posting the revelatory post, we even reached a situation where even a little bit of conversation could not be continued.”
"We have tried to protect both artists Lee Hyun-joo and April. But since this time, we have a strong civil-criminal response to all those who have posted articles on the Internet community, claiming that they are not only Lee Hyun-joo, but also Lee Hyun-joo's family and acquaintances. "I'll go ahead" he said.
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Seon-ae)