hi welcome, so my name is angelina and today we're going to be talking about
all of the updates in regards to all of the allegations that have been made towards idols
in the past few weeks, i already made a part one to this where we talked in depth a little bit
about Soojin's accusations and Mingyu's accusations and we also touched briefly on
the multiple other accusations that were made but since then a lot of companies have just
continued denying the accusations whereas there are some cases where there's been a little bit
more back and forth a little bit more updates, so i thought we could give some updates and look into
some of them a little bit more in particular what has been going on with the group April,
Hyunjin from Stray Kids, Soojin from (G)i-dle, and Mingyu from Seventeen. I'll of course be giving
some recaps when necessary but you can of course also go check out my first video on the subject
but before we get into this video please note that i will be generally describing some of
the allegations but given the content of what we're talking about i will of course be leaving
resources down below if you need them let's start with Hyunjoo, former member of April,
so on february 28th her brother allegedly wrote a post accusing the other members of April
of ..... Hyunjoo, and we also saw similar allegations from a former classmate that came and
supported these claims so among the allegations we have claims that she didn't actually leave
the group because she wanted to become an actress but because of the other members and we also have
claims that the group ostracized her among other things and from here we actually saw some back and
forth between DSP media and the OP, DSP denying the claims saying that Hyunjoo wanted to be an
actress but the company persuaded her to be part of the group, but then ended up not being able
to faithfully participate in her activities which caused a strain on the group they also said that
she was struggling with many problems and with this they kind of imply that it caused conflicts
for everyone within the group and not just her, and based on the circumstances at the time it
was clear that no one could be considered a perpetrator or victim, they go on to say that she
ended up leaving the group despite them pleading for her to stay trying to convince her to stay
and even after that they provided her support through her acting career and then when she wanted
to be an idol again, they then end off their statement by asking people of course to not spread
any rumors, dsp then released another statement further clarifying more of the allegations but the
OP responded to DSP's responses further detailing what his sister had went through and the gravity
of the situation and how it affected her mental health even saying that he would attach hospital
records as he claims the company was aware of what was going on, but did nothing to help and
then eventually a statement saying that they will be taking legal action against Hyunjoo and her
family expressing that we determined the situation could no longer be resolved through dialogue they
claimed their agency had done the best to protect Hyunjoo and April members but they will be taking
legal action in criminal and civil lawsuits against Hyunjoo and her family who are spreading
these allegations, on top of those accusations we have also seen current member Naeun who was
accused in an unrelated school incident which DSP has also strongly denied and threatened legal
action against, and consequently because of these accusations it seems that she was set to appear on
a variety show but said show has planned to edit out her part stating ''we will edit out her parts
in the episode airing on march 4th as much as possible without affecting the content'' moving
on to Hyunjin from stray kids who we mentioned in the first video but here's a little bit of a recap
so on february 23rd we saw that JYP released a statement in regards to the accusations made
saying that there are many parts that are untrue, but ultimately they're looking into it through a
thorough investigation so from there we actually saw a second statement from JYP and a handwritten
letter from Hyunjin himself,JYP's second statement basically apologizes for the negative news and the
discomfort and that they listened to everyone involved who were willing to meet up and came
to the conclusion that there are people who were hurt by Hyunjin's immature and improper actions
in the past, Hyunjin deeply regrets and reflects on himself regarding this so he met up directly
with those who wrote the post and sincerely apologized claiming that misunderstandings were
able to be resolved and in his letter he basically apologizes for everyone who was hurt stating that
he is embarrassed and has no excuse also going on to say ''i don't think i can be forgiven at all
for giving unforgettable pain to someone'' ending off with expressing gratitude to the people who
were hurt who allowed him to express his apologies in person, JYP entertainment then went on to
announce that Hyunjin would then be halting all activities with Stray Kids until further notice
which of course left a lot of fans wondering if he would actually be kicked out of the group so in
light of these accusations we actually see CLIO, a korean brand that Stray Kids were promoting with,
have deleted a lot of their promotional activities with him and they released the following
statement basically saying ''first we apologize for the delay in making a public response to the
recent controversy involving one of the members of clio's model stray kids'' they go on to say that
they immediately halted all promotional activities as jyp required more time for their investigation
but that there were issues with overseas distributors who were not able to immediately put
this into effect ''we sincerely apologize to the customers who felt uncomfortable because we were
unable to respond quickly and take swift action in this situation at the moment we are currently
still in the midst of discussions regarding future plans for the model'' they end off by explaining
that with the exception of some of the overseas distributors that all of the content featuring him
have since been deleted so that's basically where we are with this story in particular Hyunjin has
stopped all activities. Moving on to Soojin from (G)i-dle, in the last video we actually went into
a lot of details about the accusations and so on but to recap the sister of her former friend from
school came forward with accusations to which cube denied and Soojin herself actually wrote
a statement in which she admitted to certain things but ultimately denied the violence,
you know there were accusations that she would buy drinks and then not finish them and make
her friends finish them, and then try to take their money and accusations of stealing and so
on and in a recent update to the situation cube as well also announced that she would be halting all
activities with (G)i-dle and that (G)i-dle would be continuing on as five members expressing again
that the one thing they were able to confirm was that she did have a fight with her friend
over the phone in which the older sister of the friend then took over the phone call
but that they couldn't confirm the rest they went on to explain that they're more than open to meet
with the parties involved but that there was some reluctance ending off with ''we will take
strong legal action against attacking comments with malicious intentions and matters that are
proven to be false'' and amongst all of this we also had actress Seo Shin Ae who was kind of swept
up along with these allegations since she went to the same school as Soojin and she's posting some
things on instagram that was kind of alluding to the fact that she might have been a victim however
we don't have any official statement from her company or Seo Shin Ae herself in regards to this
now let us end off with Mingyu from Seventeen. So on february 22nd accusations were made towards
Mingyu from Seventeen, but Pledis were quick to deny these accusations, however a few days later
we started again seeing more and more accusations made towards him including some very disturbing
accusations that required Pledis' attention of course and so we saw Pledis release another
statement after recent claims were made ''we have checked with the artist himself and taken
additional procedures to verify the facts in the process we confirmed that there is a discrepancy
between what was posted and what we have checked with the artist'' they go on to acknowledge the
recent issues of allegations coming to light as of now and the importance of looking into them and
verifying facts and in contacting the various people involved they confirmed the following
''it was said that the artist .... a student with disabilities but this is completely false'' they
claim that mingu clearly remembers the individual in question and in contacting the individual's
mother they came to the conclusion that there were actually other student names that came up who were
responsible for what Mingyu was being accused of, and they also confirmed that Mingyu and that
student were actually on good terms saying they were able to verify with the referred victim who
feels ''burdened by their past being known without their consent we are actively looking into the
other matters as well however it is difficult to identify the people who uploaded the posts online
and in some of the posts the writer has expressed their reluctance to be reached out to making it a
situation in which it is not only difficult to get into contact with them but also one that
requires discretion'' they go on to say that they respect the writers wishes but they are also open
to meeting with them so that they can confirm facts and they also understand the importance of
getting to those facts and Pledis as well goes on to say that Mingu has released his apology
towards fans for causing discomfort and he as well will be halting activities until further notice
so that's where we are with Mingu from Seventeen, we are waiting for the other
accusations to either be confirmed or denied by the company and with this i would love to know
what you think down below there are obviously a lot of varied responses to this some people
who want idols to be removed from their groups some people who are staying completely neutral
it does bring up the question and i did want to ask and i've asked this before but in your opinion
what is the line that an idol can cross where you think they deserve to be kicked out of a group and
i'm also very curious about the probability you think any of these idols would have of actually
eventually potentially being kicked out of their groups you know we've seen people getting kicked
out of their groups for dr*g use we've seen people getting kicked out of their groups for
dr*nk driving and i want to know where do you see that line where someone should be kicked out or
whether something is quote unquote forgivable and that is where we're going to end this video
if you would like me to do an update if there are any other updates i'm more than happy to do
so a huge thank you to my channel members for supporting me every month i appreciate it more
than you can imagine as for me i'm gonna get going don't forget resources below if you need
them