'2.63 million YouTuber' Nareum and 'Produce 101 season 2' performer singer Choi Tae-woong faced off over whether school violence occurred. Nareum claimed she was a victim of school violence by Choi Tae-woong in elementary school, and Choi Tae-woong declared legal action, calling it a
On the 24th Nareum posted on her personal social media, I really received an absurd DM.. I'll say just one thing. The person who hit me originally didn't remember, she wrote.
That day Nareum emphasized, I received a DM from a netizen saying they had written a statement that they would sue me for spreading false facts and demand the video be taken down. However, I never told falsehoods, so I will not delete the video.
Earlier on the 18th Nareum posted a video on her personal account confessing that she had experienced school violence in elementary school. She explained that the perpetrator later appeared on the idol survival program 'Produce 101 season 2', and although he did not debut through that program, he moved to another agency and is now active as an idol.
Nareum explained her reason for exposing the incident, saying, I do not wish for him to fail. He is not a very famous idol yet, but just as everyone has a shining time, surely that friend's shining time will come, and added, I was so young then that I would appreciate even a single apology.
After Nareum's video drew attention, netizens raised suspicions that the alleged perpetrator might be singer Choi Tae-woong, who is currently active with BZ-BOYS. This is because they share the same birth year and hometown.
As suspicions grew, on the 24th Choi Tae-woong posted an official statement from the law firm Hwaon to state his position. In that statement the law firm said, Recently YouTuber NareumTV posted a video on Instagram and TikTok suggesting that an idol who failed to debut on Produce 101 and debuted later was a school violence perpetrator in fourth grade, and that the person in question is suspected to be Mr. Choi Tae-woong. However, we clearly state that such suspicions are blatant falsehoods, they denied.
Law firm Hwaon said, Mr. Choi Tae-woong did not commit the violent acts alleged by YouTuber NareumTV during his school years, and there is no fact that he caused physical or mental harm, and added that despite this, after the video's posting follow-up reports continued, numerous malicious comments were posted on Mr. Choi Tae-woong's social media, and baseless rumors have spread indiscriminately causing serious defamation damage.
The law firm added that Hwaon, on behalf of Mr. Choi Tae-woong, has taken civil and criminal legal action for rights infringement due to the spread of false facts and strongly requests that the related videos and posts currently posted be deleted immediately. The firm also added that it hopes no further damage will occur from the spread of unverified claims and speculative content, and that it will pursue legal responsibility to the end to prevent additional harm.
As Choi Tae-woong denied the school violence, a DM related to this reached Nareum. Ultimately Nareum spoke up, saying, If you changed your name after I became an adult and do not remember, the cafe name was 'Gyeongsilmo', the time was 2003, and I was in class 7 of fourth grade, and stated, At that time there was an official meeting with the homeroom teacher, the cafe members, my parents, and me in the fourth grade, class 7, and the homeroom teacher ordered the cafe to be closed, so the cafe was actually closed.
Nareum said, Those who can handle data will know that even if the 2003 Daum cafe Gyeongsilmo is now closed, records can be traced, and she explained, I changed my name as soon as I became an adult because of the trauma from that cafe. Nareum also revealed a KakaoTalk conversation with an acquaintance, saying, As people often say, perpetrators do not remember. If they are mistaken because of my name change, I hope they meant their mention of suing that way. However, it is questionable on what basis they say they will sue me.
While the two continue to make opposite claims, Nareum said she will not delete the video, making legal action likely. Nareum also said she would record the subsequent legal process on video.
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