The idol was hit with bullying allegations simply 9 days into his debut.
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An alleged sufferer, who accused newly debuted idol, Myunho of 8TURN of bullying, offered proof after the idol and his label denied the incident as false.
On February 8, a netizen alleged that in 2017, once they have been a freshman in High School, Myungho and his group of associates had verbally assaulted them for a misunderstanding.
In 2017, I used to be a freshman in High School. The boys in my class have been enjoying with dried ice. Despite the ice making a large number on a distinct scholar’s belongings, they didn’t trouble to wash up the mess and have been simply standing.
At that immediate, I wanted to make use of the restroom, so I helped clear up the mess after which left the classroom to go to the restroom. When I returned, I mentioned, ‘Ah, that was refreshing.’ (Myungho and his group of associates) thought that I had mentioned that as a result of I had advised on them, and from then on, they cursed at me, calling me ‘b@tch,’ ‘f@cking b@tch,’ and ‘m@therless b@tch.’ They additionally threatened to kill me and would curse at me for taking a look at them. When my associates advised them that it was all a misunderstanding and that I didn’t inform, they responded by saying, ‘Who cares? Just be a victim, get cursed out, see what it is like.’
— Netizen
The netizen wrote that though they reported the group to the School Violence Committee, they have been disuaded from escalating the difficulty additional by their trainer.
The netizen additional said that they’d been traumatized by the incident and that they have been now aftraid of males. The netizen additionally said that they’ve been seeing a psychiatrist for seven years.
I can’t overlook the look on Ji Myungho and the male college students. Due to this trauma, even whether it is for work, I’m nonetheless unable to speak to males. My physique shakes, and I can’t even make eye contact (with males), and I’ve been getting assist from a psychiatrist for the previous years.
— Netizen
After the netizen’s allegation went viral, the idol’s label, MNH Entertainment, launched a press release dismissing them as false.
Recently, false data, together with malicious slander, has been circulating on-line about Myungho. It is evident that the knowledge posted on-line is fake, as we’ve got checked and cross-checked the details in numerous methods. As a outcome, the status of his identify is being broken.
We are taking authorized motion by requesting a case with the authorized consultant to guard our artist’s identify from posts concerning defamation, slander, and false details. Even after this time, we are going to proceed to conduct authorized motion and search strict duty for all actions posted on-line.
We will reply strongly with punishment with out leniency to malicious posts and feedback past malicious enlargement, encouragement of interpretation, or a easy expression of opinions.
— MNH Entertainment
On January 9, the netizen responded to MNH Entertainment’s assertion, revealing that the label didn’t trouble to confirm with them whether or not the bullying had occurred.
I noticed (MNH Entertainment’s) assertion. They concluded the allegations have been false with out even verifying it with the sufferer, hurting the sufferer as soon as extra. Help me. Now, I really feel like I must obtain an apology on the very least. I nonetheless have voice recordings.
— Netizen
The netizen additionally offered proof of going to the identical faculty because the idol, together with a yearbook, class pictures, an incident report, and textual content messages from alleged classmates who said the incident had occurred.
Myungho debuted with 8TURN on January 30, 2022.
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