Kapanlagi.com - An incident of sexual harassment is currently a topic of discussion among K-Pop fans. This comes after it was revealed that a member of a girl group was sexually harassed by the CEO of her own agency.
According to Koreaboo, this news was first reported after the show Scandal Survivor aired on JTBC, explaining that a fifth-generation girl group idol became a victim of sexual harassment. A recording containing the victim's voice, which has been filtered to protect her identity and was recorded on October 26, was played on the show.
Here is the content of the recording:
"I told him I wanted to leave the group after some activities. He asked if I wanted to leave, would he also fulfill his request? He wanted me to be his girlfriend for a day.
He asked if he could kiss me, but then he pulled me in and forced me to kiss him. I kept my mouth shut, but he suddenly forced his tongue into (my mouth) and continued to kiss me, he also licked my neck and ears.
I focused on protecting my lower body, but he kept moving my hands and continued to touch me. He asked, 'Can I touch your breasts?' and 'Can I feel your butt just once?'. I said no, but he kept doing it for two hours."
The reason he accepted the CEO's request was that he thought it was just a casual date, like eating at a restaurant or watching a movie. He also wanted to continue being active with the group until they left. But then the CEO (after the request was agreed to) hurriedly locked his office door and groped him. The CEO also kept forcing them to kiss while watching a movie. The CEO also forbade him from running away at that moment.
The agency's lawyer stated that the girlgroup member wanted to stay in the group and agreed to be the CEO's girlfriend for a day. The lawyer also mentioned that there is a recording of the two being in the car, but nothing strange happened.
The CEO himself has met with the parents of the girlgroup member and admitted to making mistakes. However, the parents do not accept this, stating that it is not a mistake but rather intentional.
"You are raising your children with other intentions. Do you often watch late-night movies with female idols? If they do not obey you, they will be at a disadvantage. From our perspective, this is not punishment, but torture for our children. You do realize that she is still a minor, right?" said the statement from the member's parents.
After initially denying, the CEO eventually apologized and promised to step down from his position and will no longer communicate with the members of the girlgroup. However, he also stated that it is difficult to disband the group because there are shareholders, so he will continue to monitor the group from behind the scenes.
Three days after meeting with the parents of a member, the CEO was caught watching the group's performance. When approached, he said he would leave. In reality, this CEO joined when the members flew to Japan two days later. What was even more shocking was that he also sat next to the member who had been sexually harassed by him. The members were shocked to see all of this, and the member who was harassed was terrified throughout the flight. After this incident, the agency announced that the member would be taking a break due to health issues.
Not only that, but the CEO also gathered the group members and tried to brainwash them. He claimed that the victim was also a perpetrator.
"He said, 'If this issue becomes public and the agency has to close or there are problems, do you know how much you will have to pay for the damages? Do you want to continue or not? Answer with X or O'," said an informant to JTBC.
The agency's legal counsel was also interviewed by Scandal Survivors. He denied that there was any incident of sexual harassment at his client's agency.
"There was no sexual touching or sexual harassment between the member and the CEO. In fact, it was the member who caused the problems and controversies within the group. It is true that the CEO once hugged her and tried to comfort her after she asked to stay with the group, but that cannot be classified as sexual touching."
(credit: JTBC)
Although Scandal Survivor did not mention the idol's name, group, or agency, netizens were able to figure it out from a blur recording aired by JTBC. They recognized it as a performance by MADEIN during the music show M! Countdown.
Additionally, they immediately knew that the one referred to was Gaeun. This was after Gaeun deleted all her posts on social media and even unfollowed her CEO's account. On November 11, Gaeun was also coincidentally announced to be on hiatus due to health issues.
Gaeun was previously a member of Limelight. She debuted again with MADEIN on September 3, 2024. If the recording of Gaeun made for the Scandal Survivor show is dated October 26, 2024, it means the incident of sexual harassment occurred before that date. Furthermore, this means Gaeun was still 18 years old and according to Korean law, she was still a minor.
Written statement from 143 Entertainment (credit: instagram.com/we.madein.you)
After netizens learned that the victim of the harassment was Gaeun from the group MADEIN, which is under the agency 143 Entertainment, the agency then issued a statement on social media. Here is the content of their statement:
"This is 143 Entertainment.
We want to convey our position regarding the issue reported by Scandal Survivor, JTBC. First of all, we want to clarify that there was no sexual harassment or any form of sexual touching related to the abuse of power between the member mentioned and the agency representatives. What has been reported is completely false.
Furthermore, the details regarding the hotel incident involving the member in question are that she spent time with an acquaintance, and not as reported.
The information broadcasted is solely based on statements from someone unrelated to the member, and provides inaccurate information. We want to emphasize once again that this issue is unfounded and entirely untrue.
We sincerely apologize for causing concern regarding this unexpected and unfortunate issue."
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