A reporter who published allegations that THE BOYZ member Ju Haknyeon engaged in prostitution has been indicted on defamation charges by the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office.
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Ju Haknyeon, former member of THE BOYZ, opens up to Billboard about his removal from the group and the label’s $5.5 million lawsuit against him:
“I want people to know that the company doesn’t protect their artists and isn’t acting like a proper company. If I lose this case over something I didn’t do… the companies will certainly abuse this kind of situation again.”
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"He said he is no longer in contact with his former group members to avoid implicating them in any trouble, as they remain signed to ONE HUNDRED, but that he wants to speak out about his situation as a warning to other K-pop acts."
I f*cking hate you, 100red. What did you do to my boyzies?!?!
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Ju Haknyeon, former member of #TheBoyz, speaks to @billboard about his removal from the group:
“I want people to know that the company doesn’t protect their artists and isn’t acting like a proper company. If I lose this case over something I didn’t do…the companies will certainly abuse this kind of situation again.”
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Never forget what they did to Haknyeon:
- He went to his agency for help because photos of him were taken during a simple night out with friends. They probably thought, “Now’s our chance to solve two problems at once - let’s let him go for so-called personal reasons.”
- Just hours later, 10Asia published their fake article, even before the Japanese tabloids (the original source of the photos) had the chance to release anything and even they were shocked by Haknyeon’s dismissal.
- In the end, he was fired over “personal reasons” that were nothing more than spending time with friends.
- There’s also a suspicious connection: the 10Asia reporter who wrote the article seems to have ties to 100’s CEO.
- Meanwhile, MC Mong, one of 100’s (ex-)producers (very likely the one actually soliciting prostitutes) left his job for “personal reasons” and said he was going abroad to study.
- The photos from the Japanese tabloid didn’t even show Haknyeon.
- Kirara herself denied ever having personal contact with Haknyeon.
- Someone even reported him to the authorities, based solely on those fake articles. His case was never investigated further, because there is zero evidence he ever committed a crime.
In the end, 100 threw their own artist under the bus, right after he came to them for help. They broke their contract with Haknyeon, not the other way around.
I hope he sues them, too.
Justice for Haknyeon,
and TBZ is Eleven.