Girl Group Member Accuses CEO of Sexual Harassment, Agency Denies Claims
Nov 23, 2024
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JTBC 'Case Team Leader', which aired on the 22nd, drew attention as it reported that a member of a Korean-Japanese multinational girl group, who debuted in September, was sexually harassed by A, the CEO of the agency.
The CEO of the agency, A, who was revealed on the show on this day, is a person who is co-representing with the founder of the agency. After witnessing one of the members called a male acquaintance to his accommodation after the performance, A used it to threaten and molest him.
Above all, 'the incident team leader' will release the transcript of the member who claims the sexual harassment damage, and the transcript will be " (to the representative) ' Let me finish this activity. I said, 'That's my wish.' If you grant my wish, will you grant my wish?He said ' Then my wish is to be a girlfriend for one day. Are you going to do it for me?It was followed by a revelation that ' he said.
Especially " Can I kiss you?He forced himself to do it, saying, 'I was keeping my mouth shut, but I tried to put my tongue in it, and the kiss kept licking my neck and ears. I'm doing this because I want to protect this part, but I kept saying, "Get this away from me."," he said, explaining the shocking situation at the time. Can I touch your chest? Can't you rub your butt just once?' In that way, he added, `I don't like it, but I kept doing it for two hours.'
Regarding A's daily girlfriend's wish, a girl group member who thought of going on a date to eat and watch a movie for a day added that she accepted A's request with her will to do her activities. This member is " (in response to the acceptance of his girlfriend's wish), A locked the office door and fumbled." He was forced to kiss throughout the movie in the theater and sexually harassed by touching important body parts. I refused to say no, but to no avail."
The parents of the member who suffered damage from Mr. A also came forward.
In an interview with the members' parents, he admitted that "I made a mistake. It is said that the parents gave him a ridiculous penalty if he did not comply with his words." It's not really punishment that we feel common sense, it's torture of children. Don't you know you're still a minor?When questioned ", Mr. A replied "It was a misunderstanding. He also strongly denied that it happened. Afterwards, when the parents of the affected member went to the office in person, "I'm sorry." I'm sorry. It was also revealed that he stepped down as a representative and said he would not personally meet with the members in the future.
But the promise was not fulfilled. Mr. A watched the members at the performance site held three days after the issue was raised. It also accompanied the girl group on a plane for their Japanese schedule and even sat next to a member who suffered sexual harassment. Rumor has it that other members who saw it were also quite traumatized.
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In addition, Mr. A's side said "There was no sexual contact between the member and the representative, including any sexual harassment." The member who claimed the damage caused discord and controversy within the team several times. "It is true that when I asked the CEO to let me work on the team, I hugged him while soothing him, but this cannot be called sexual contact. "
After the broadcast was released, netizens expressed a lot of resentment against the malicious representative of 'Girl Group Sexual harassment', and speculated about the girl group that was damaged. Netizens criticized Maidin's agency, 143 Entertainment, referring to the girl group Maidin, which consists of Japanese members Masiro, Miyu, Serena, Nagomi, and Korean members Su-won, Yeseo, and Gaeun, based on information on Korean and Japanese multinational girl groups that debuted in September.
In particular, among Maidin members, Ga-eun, who was born in 2005 and suspended her activities on the 11th for health reasons, was cited as a victim of sexual harassment by A. At the time, the agency decided to temporarily suspend activities and work on recovering health following the medical staff's opinion that Gaeun recently visited the hospital for health reasons and needed sufficient rest and stability" he once said.
As the controversy continued, 143 Entertainment, Maidin's agency, said on its official account that "First of all, we inform you that there was no sexual contact between the members and the representatives mentioned in the broadcast by any sexual harassment or other force, and that the contents of the report were not true."I completely denied the allegations.
In addition, the contents related to the member's hotel were also in one place with all the acquaintances. The report is based on a full text that was informed that other people other than the member said it differently from the facts, and once again makes it clear that the issue is unfounded.'
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