TW: Victim of Alleged Sexual Assault by Zest Member Is Also an Idol

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

On March 6, a report was released that a rookie idol group member, referred to as “B,” is facing a lawsuit for sexually assaulting a woman. The woman who filed claims, referred to as plaintiff “A,” turned out to be an idol group member also.

The agency of “B,” who is a member of idol group ZEST, claimed that “A” spread wrong rumors about “B” through her SNS and is threatening the agency. The agency revealed that they are also filing a lawsuit for her false claims since they have evidence against her.

About the agency’s decision, plaintiff “A” shared that she never threatened the agency. During an interview with YTN news, “A” revealed that she was also an idol group member, and that she was not the one who wrote on SNS about the sexual assault. “A” also shared that “B’s” agency only filed a petition and not a lawsuit, and is making her seem like a liar.

Meanwhile, the agency of “B” is complaining that, although they had planned to make a comeback this April, and had a full schedule including plans to go to Japan, all plans were canceled due to the false rumor. They also mentioned that plaintiff “A” is a member of an idol group that is no longer active.

Soompi, naver 1, 2, 3

Comments

[chenetic.livejournal.com]

I've got no clue about 'A' and haven't heard anything about this group apart from this. But if they had to cancel a whole comeback because of a 'false rumour,' is it really that false after all ..

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

I highly doubt cancelling an entire thing of comeback promotions, including a trip abroad to Japan, would be done if it were simply a false rumor. That's something a company does if they're preparing for court proceedings and trials on the horizon. Lovelyz still debuted even with those terrible rumors circling about that one member, sooooo... yeah no. It makes me so mad that if it turns out this is true, he's probably only going to get slapped on the wrist, and she's already being dragged through the mud. Of course they're going to emphasize that she's a member of an inactive idol group, because now, not only will there be victim blaming but they're also going to say that she's doing this for the attention only.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

I read the inactive thing as the agency complaining that the trial's a lot more trouble for them (since they had to cancel everything) than for the victim (since she's got ~all the free time in the world~). Which is equally as gross as saying she's doing it for the attention, just in another way.

Re: Netizen Comments (TW: Victim blaming and the usual grossness)

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

do I smell victim blaming?

[xkat-attackx.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know if the accused member is under age? I remember one of the earlier articles saying that the accused person was in their teens and the alleged victim was in her twenties. Just wanted clarification on that if anyone knows. Other than that, I'm waiting for more info to come out before I make any judgement.