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Actor Nam Joo-hyuk's side completely denied the allegations of school violence and expressed his will to take legal action.
On the 20th, Nam Joo-hyuk's agency, Management Soop, issued an official position and denied the allegations of bullying, saying, "After confirming the facts with the actor about the first news article, we confirmed that all of the contents were not true."
Earlier on the same day, an online media reported the claim of classmate A that Nam Joo-hyuk had been a victim of school violence.
According to the report, A claimed that he suffered school violence for about six years from middle school to high school, and that Nam Joo-hyuk was included in the group of about 15 'Iljin' who bullied him.
Person A said that Nam Joo-hyuk's group pushed him and cut him off during lunch time, swearing and hitting him, or even ordered the 'bread shuttle' to buy bread from the kiosk.
Mr. A also released his 2013 graduation album from Suil High School, from which Nam Joo-hyuk graduated.
Regarding the report, the agency said, "We are sorry for the unilateral report by the media that did not go through a single fact-check with the agency or the actor until this article was published." We plan to promptly apply for correction information to the media arbitration committee against the media to be held accountable, etc. We will also file a criminal complaint against the media reporter and anonymous informant who made the first report. To this end, we have requested a case from our legal advisors today, and we are currently working on it.”
He continued, "Actors and their families suffer the most from vague gossip rumors that are reckless and have not been confirmed. No matter how unfounded the agency or the actor's official position about the article, the agency can't help but feel sad and sad about the current situation where the scarlet letter stigma is stamped."
He continued, "After this time, the management company will take strict legal responsibility for all acts of posting one-sided claims online (SNS, YouTube) without a clear fact-checking process. We will take strong measures with lenient punishment against malicious posts and comments that go beyond simple expression of opinions. We will also take legal action against data already collected through monitoring.”
Finally, the management company explained, "We earnestly ask that you refrain from spreading any more groundless rumors or speculative reports.
Reporter Seon-ae Kang (Reporter Seon-ae Kang
, SBS Entertainment News)