ITZY's Lia is repeatedly complaining about the fact that a classmate who posted school violence was disregarded by the police.
JYP Entertainment, Itzy's agency, said on the 15th, "It was not a victim of school violence, but a complaint against posts and comments that were judged to be malicious." "During the investigation, we found out that 4 of the 5 posts were written by the same person. ." he explained.
He continued, "After the legal representative made a statement and legal action on Leah's behalf, the police made a decision not to appeal against the two postings." It said that there was no evidence to support it, and that it did not admit that the contents of the post were true."
The Incheon Yeonsu Police Station announced on the 13th that it had decided not to send a woman in her 20s who was accused of defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, with no charges.
Regarding this, JYP added, "Ria and the company will file an objection with the police and request a re-investigation for defamation by timely false information, and we want the truth to be hidden through a more in-depth investigation."
When it became known that the classmate who posted the alleged sexual assault by Itji Lia was disregarded by the police, online critics said, "The sexual assault allegation is fatal, but isn't it threatening to sue the person who made the disclosure?" It was.
With Itzy Lia facing the biggest crisis since her debut, attention is focused on whether JYP Entertainment's active response will be able to return the cold public mind.
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Kyung-yoon)