SM says they will take legal action to protect artist Taeyong

[꿈꾸다]

Taeyong's middle school controversy has cropped back in the media lately and between fans, the petition of removal, and informant 'A', SM has now released an official statement saying they will take legal action to protect Taeyong and his family.

Official statement:

"Hello, this is SM Entertainment.

This is our statement on the content regarding our artist Taeyong that is being spread online.

The individual who has been posting online about Taeyong’s past speech and behavior during middle school has stated that they are an informant stepping up for the victim, and they have been continuously posting unconfirmed one-sided claims and distorted facts.

Taeyong has already sincerely apologized to the victim and provided compensation regarding his wrongdoings of the past. However, the informant continued to make one-sided claims using distorted and exaggerated facts to attack Taeyong. We have been aware of this, but as the informant is a former classmate of Taeyong’s, there were concerns that secondary damage could be inflicted on his friends from middle school and any related people. Taeyong himself has patiently endured the situation out of the concern that his middle school classmates may potentially be harmed.

However, the distorted claims continued to surface and spread, leading to serious damage in the form of invasion of privacy, insults, and defamation of not only Taeyong, but also his family. The situation has reached a point in which we cannot continue to show tolerance to protect our artist.

Therefore, if malicious posts about Taeyong continue to surface, we will no longer overlook them and take strong legal action for defamation against the informant.

Moreover, we will take strong action without lenience regarding the dissemination and expansive reproduction of related unconfirmed content as well as other clearly unlawful acts such as leaving malicious comments about Taeyong and his family.

To avoid any further damage, we ask everyone to halt any illegal acts such as posting or spreading rumors, leaving malicious comments, or invading the privacy of all individuals related to Taeyong’s middle school days, including the informant.

We will continue to take legal action against any illegal acts by strengthening the existing monitoring process and legal measures that we have taken to protect our artists until now.
Thank you."

 

[peltonia]

why now of all times...? this has been going around for like two years with no action from sm. I wonder what made them change their minds

 

[꿈꾸다]

why now of all times...? this has been going around for like two years with no action from sm. I wonder what made them change their minds

I think it's the severity of the situation. When this all started a year ago, it didn't blow up like this. Taeyong apologized and gave compensation and that was the end of it. But now, the informant seems pretty hell bent on destroying Taeyong's reputation and the "fans" are invading the informant and Taeyong's privacy so I think SM is at the point where they e had enough. Plus, there's no confirmation that all the things the informant were saying was true. Even the school couldn't confirm the incident.

 

[peltonia]

I think it's the severity of the situation. When this all started a year ago, it didn't blow up like this. Taeyong apologized and gave compensation and that was the end of it. But now, the informant seems pretty hell bent on destroying Taeyong's reputation and the "fans" are invading the informant and Taeyong's privacy so I think SM is at the point where they e had enough. Plus, there's no confirmation that all the things the informant were saying was true. Even the school couldn't confirm the incident.

hmmm yeah. I saw something going around saying dispatch(? maybe other tabloidy kpop news sites?) publicly announced the rumors were false/retracted their articles about the incident which is pretty crazy

 

[꿈꾸다]

hmmm yeah. I saw something going around saying dispatch(? maybe other tabloidy kpop news sites?) publicly announced the rumors were false/retracted their articles about the incident which is pretty crazy

When the informant first came out with their "news" about Taeyong, SM checked into it and checked with the school for any record of the incident, victim, or disciplinary actions taken against Taeyong. There was none. The school had no record the incident had even happened. Nevertheless, Taeyong still apologized but I think SM decided rhat the rumors were fake or at least exaggerated

 

[LostInTheDream]

Finally they're doing something!

 

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Finally, thanks SM!!!

 

[johnbeck7799]

I think it's the severity of the situation. When this all started a year ago, it didn't blow up like this. Taeyong apologized and gave compensation and that was the end of it. But now, the informant seems pretty hell bent on destroying Taeyong's reputation and the "fans" are invading the informant and Taeyong's sweetiest plushies privacy so I think SM is at the point where they e had enough. Plus, there's no confirmation that all the things the informant were saying was true. Even the school couldn't confirm the incident.

hmmm yeah. I saw something going around saying dispatch(? maybe other tabloidy kpop news sites?) publicly announced the rumors were false/retracted their articles about the incident which is pretty crazy

 

[Spade Z Wolf]

I don't understand why people go around spreading such news anyway. Leave the poor idol alone. Can't you just respect him? Why spread false information an continue to harass him. There's no need to be so extreme just because you hate the idol or want attention.

PLEASE DON'T SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT ANYONE. YOUR WORDS CAN LEAVE DEEPER SCARS THAN ANY PHYSICAL WOUND WOULD.