A-ssi makes official apology "My claims were lies, I apologize to Hon"

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

1. Is what you posted on SNS true?

It's not. I apologize to Hon and everyone around us for causing this. I was drunk and wrote it while feeling bad about something. I didn't think it'd become this big of a problem.

2. Why did you post that?

I was upset because Hon cut contact with me not too soon after becoming a singer. The content of the post is a story about someone else I know. While drunk, I wrote about it as if it was my own story.

3. Then does the video (she claimed she had a video of their intercourse) actually not exist?

It does not exist. I just said whatever since it's my personal post and I knew I wouldn't be able to see Hon again but once I woke up, I realized how big of an issue it had become. Things had already gotten too big, however. I don't deserve to see Hon again.

4. So what exactly is your relationship with Hon?

I knew him when I was 19. He's not a school friend but someone I know through other friends. He's a great listener so I depended on him a lot. I was sad because of that when Hon debuted as a singer.

5. So it's not true that you guys were lovers as well?

It's not true. I knew Hon since before my sex change operation. Hon understood me and even supported me by my side after my surgery. I'm so sorry that I gave a friend like him so much pain.

6. Have you tried to contact Hon since your post?

We had a phone call. Fortunately, Hon did not blame me or force me to take responsibility. He was sorry that we couldn't keep in contact more often which made me more sorry. We also solved some of the misunderstandings we had between us.

7. Hon and his agency have been deeply affected by this. The agency plans to take legal action as well.

Whatever the case, I admit that I caused a grave mistake. I am deeply reflecting over this. I hope they do not take legal action. Hon is currently speaking with the agency at the moment and I hope that they will go easy.

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Source: Sports Korea via Nate

1. [+40, -2] Why do I feel like she's being forced to shut her mouth?

2. [+28, -1] I'm sure they gave her something... She wouldn't come out like this for nothing...

3. [+26, -1] The company forced her, right?

4. [+12, -0] That woman would have to actually be insane for her to put her face and the names of everyone she knows on the line on Facebook like that all for a lie. She was 100% forced into saying all of this. I feel so bad for her.

5. [+9, -0] The company obviously gave her some money so that they can act like they're going to sue her only to "let her off easy" ㅋ

6. [+8, -0] ㅋㅋㅋ I don't care about a nugu group like them but this seriously had a better story than most movies... I'm almost sad that it's just over like this.

7. [+8, -0] I read her long post and it didn't read like a lie. She said very detailed things like what happened on Halloween and there are pictures of them actually being together on Halloween, like Hon in a Dracula costume.

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Source: Instiz

"I'm sure the truth is known between them..."

"The post was way too well written for someone who claims to be drunk. This totally feels like the company had something to do with it."

"I'm sure we all expected this as a response."

"That post was soooooo long for it to be written while drunk ㅋㅋㅋㅋ"

"I guess money trumps all in the end."

source: Sports Korea via Nate, Instiz, netizenbuzz for translations

This isn't a full translation of the article, but it has all the important parts and I didn't want to use akp. hmm, and I'm not surprised by the netizen comments, I am surprised that WIM is trying so hard to keep Hon in the group when he really has had no impact on the group at all.

Comments

[zuluuluz.livejournal.com]

bullshit
you were NOT drunk girl - we all know it
all this does it prove to me that hon indeed was the guy in her story

the agency must have talked to hon and realised the legitimacy of A's evidence
and then boop lawsuit threatened against her & time to shut her up

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

Did I miss a post that confirmed it was this MrMr dude? I thought she didn't give any names and it was all speculation?

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Her entire post narrowed it down to a few people that had recently joined established groups, I think, and there were photos of either them together (on Halloween, I think) or them and others that she mentioned/tagged in the post. At some point the company confirmed that Hon knew her.

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

I missed all the follow up and speculation and pics. I knew her post gave hints with time frames, but that's strange that his company would even respond to unfounded rumors fro FB that were deleted and didn't call out their talent specifically. Thanks :)

[hawk-fry.livejournal.com]

Well damn....

[ckino (from livejournal.com)]

dafuq?

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

"4. [+12, -0] That woman would have to actually be insane for her to put her face and the names of everyone she knows on the line on Facebook like that all for a lie. She was 100% forced into saying all of this. I feel so bad for her."

This. HELLA shady.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

You know...I was just beginning to like the fella and now I don't even care what happens to him. I'm pissed because the rest of the group does not deserve this and WIM can't risk losing the fans they DO have/turning away potential fans from the group.

Seriously though WIM why are you hell bent on keeping Hon in the group?!

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

I guess it's a risk vs. reward sort of thing for them. They probably invested a lot in Hon and hoped he would make the group more popular, maybe they calculated that getting rid of Hon would cost them more money than just paying people off now and burying this.

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

Hon is literally the only reason why most people know about MR.MR now though. Honestly, it would be good publicity for the group if they just got rid of him when he is the sole reason for the public's negative impression towards the group. Plus he can barely dance and no one knows if he can sing or not, because he has never sung a word in any of MR.MR's songs. In the beginning he was a last-minute replacement for another guy they were going to add to the group anyway. Hon literally trained for two weeks before MR.MR had their comeback.

[shinywrappers.livejournal.com]

My assumption is if they boot him because of this scandal, they're afraid the group will be remembered as "that group who had that shady dude". If they threaten her or pay her off and get her to backtrack, they probably think they'll have an easier time sweeping it under the rug in the long run. If she goes away, they can claim he's an innocent victim of slander and five years down the road, people won't really remember. Not saying that they will, but I'm guessing that's the company's thought process.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I still forget Hon is in the group to be honest.

[tee-sama.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't believe this. This read like a script apology.

[baireoseu.livejournal.com]

sounds like bs to me

[sadistic-dance.livejournal.com]

Pretty much figured it was a fairytale to begin with.

[yumi99.livejournal.com]

I read the article/interview and it didn't really "clear up" anything. It was really vague and sounds indeed suspicious overall.
The post she wrote was articulate, and I agree with
"That woman would have to actually be insane for her to put her face and the names of everyone she knows on the line on Facebook like that all for a lie. She was 100% forced into saying all of this."

[malhy.livejournal.com]

The comments are on point this time, this whole interview thing seems really forced. I can't believe someone could make all that up, it was way too detailed and felt really sincere...besides someone who is DRUNK would be able to write all of that properly AND tag several people? I don't think so. If they did force her, that is too sad.

[mycorrhizoid.livejournal.com]

In this case it's pretty much exactly the same.

Say two kids were in a classroom unsupervised and something got broken. One of them is a known bully and troublemaker, and the other's a tiny little kid everybody generally trusts enough to tell the truth (who, if they're being honest, wasn't big or strong enough to do it in the first place. Both of them say the other one did it. The next day, the little kid confesses it was him the whole time, and he was lying before. Does it really matter whether the bully beat him up, gave him 5 bucks and told him to shut up or else, or threatened to get his dad fired?

Either way he's the one getting punished for something he didn't do and being forced to lie and say he did it.

[mycorrhizoid.livejournal.com]

Hypothetically, I don't know whether or not I would sympathize then. I don't think what she did was the best option either.

But thinking that she legitimately was offered so much money that she decided of her own free choice to go back on what she said is wishful thinking imo. There's no way a small company has that much to throw around. She may or may not have been paid, but she was definitely threatened.

[dc222.livejournal.com]

If they were threatening her with a lawsuit, then she should have nothing to worry about if she has proof. Right?

And this is Winning Insight, I doubt they have the kind of money to be able to shut her up in any way. They're not SM.

Also, they're not denying it was Hon. They've admitted that they were friends.

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

No, in S. Korea you can sue for libel even if what the person is saying is true. She actually says in the article that she is afraid that they will take legal action against her. I don't think they paid her off, but they did publicly threaten her with a lawsuit. Maybe she was worried enough about the lawsuit to take back what she said? We don't really know either way.

[oppameansit.livejournal.com]

that is the worst law omfg

[uguukawaii.livejournal.com]

.. sus

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Meh...if it was serious enough to put it all on FB she should have taken him to court instead and that threat to expose a tape she secretly made was shady as fuck and lost all my sympathy

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

Sooo.... this confirms it. LMAO.

[bumie.livejournal.com]

I can't with this mess but definitely she was not drunk.

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

yeah i don't know anyone who can type that articulately whilst drunk. if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's a duck. seems like a payoff, or the threat of legal action terrified her into making an apology.

[kwangsoo.livejournal.com]

So lemme get this straight...

right now they are making it seem like her and hon are talking, and that hon is trying to convince his record label to not file a lawsuit against her?

now all that needs to happen is for the label to not pursue a lawsuit and it's 'hon is such a forgiving guy. convinced his label because he cares.'

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

The entertainment bullies win again. If they are not going to kick him out, how will they shake this.

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

This is like a Lifetime drama. So now she's taking it all back? I guess threatening her with a lawsuit was enough for her to keep her mouth shut from now on. I hope that she was just lying (lol but bish you weren't drunk and you know it) and looking for attn. Cuz if all that really happened, and this guy is an ultimate DB and now she's got to cover for him or face litigation, I feel bad for her. It was NOT cool for her to threaten to release a sex tape, but if he screwed her over as badly as she said, I can understand why she felt frustrated enough to threaten it.

Honestly, everything could be true except the sex tape and that could be why she's claiming she lied. Who knows. Either way, messy mess.

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

Poor lady. Def. looks like the company did their best for her to have take back her words like this even though I believe her first story.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I am surprised that WIM is trying so hard to keep Hon in the group when he really has had no impact on the group at all.

That's what I was thinking. I try to stay positive when groups add new members and try to give them a chance but at this point he's more trouble than he's worth.

[bamboo.livejournal.com]

Suspicioussssssssssss...

She was either threatened or bought out by the company. I hope she got lots of money to at least lessen the sting a bit. Poor girl.