Taeyeon Takes Strong Stand in Legal Battle Against Malicious Comments
Dec 03, 2024
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On the 2nd, SM Entertainment, the agency, announced the progress of legal action against malicious posts and comments such as defamation, insults, and sexual harassment related to its artist Taeyeon.
The agency has collected thousands of pieces of evidence about malicious posts and comments related to Taeyeon on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Ilbe Storage, Bobae Dream, FM Korea, and Instagram, Daum (women's generation, mixed martial arts, soul dresser, Dottax, etc.), Natepan, Dunku, Instaise, MLB Park, X (& Twitter), DC Inside (other drama galleries, female celebrity galleries, male celebrity galleries, Billboard galleries, circletchart galleries, K-pop galleries, etc.)""A number of defendants have been identified and the investigation is underway," he said, adding that the charges have recently been confirmed on two additional cases (such as insults), and 1) the education of the probation office has been suspended, and 2) the prosecution office has decided to dispose of it without the right to prosecute due to the death of the suspect.'
In the past, dozens of cases in which the suspect was identified as a minor have been closed by submitting a letter of apology with the confirmation of his parents, and in the case of an adult, he has been fined and suspended from prosecution. "We will continue to respond strongly to malicious rumors, malicious posts/comments, defamation and defamation posts about Taeyeon on online communities, social media, and portal sites without any preference, and will do our best to protect our artists." expressed his will.
Meanwhile, Taeyeon released her sixth mini-album 'Letter to Myself' on the 18th of last month.
▶Expert on the official position of Taeyeon's agency
Hello, we're SM Entertainment.
We inform you of the progress of legal action against malicious posts and comments such as defamation, insults, and sexual harassment related to our artist Taeyeon.
Through your reports and self-monitoring, the Company has collected thousands of evidence of malicious posts and comments related to Taeyeon on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Ilbe Storage, Bobae Dream, FM Korea, and InstaTax, Natepan, Doucou, InstaT, MLB Park, X (& Twitter), DC Inside (other drama galleries, female celebrity galleries, male celebrity galleries, Billboard galleries, circle chart galleries, K-pop galleries, etc.).
Among them, a number of defendants have been identified and the investigation is underway, and the charges have recently been confirmed on two additional cases (such as insults), and 1) the education of the probation office has been suspended from prosecution, and 2) the prosecution office has decided to dispose of it without the right to prosecute due to the death of the suspect.
In the past, dozens of cases in which the suspect was identified as a minor have been closed by submitting a letter of apology with the confirmation of his parents, and adults have been punished with fines and suspension of prosecution.
We are still continuously responding to the rest of the cases.
We will continue to respond strongly to malicious rumors, malicious posts/comments, defamation and defamation posts about Taeyeon on online communities, SNS, portal sites, etc. without any leniency, and we will do our best to protect our artists.
Thank you.
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