SM Entertainment Shares Update On Legal Action Taken On Behalf Of Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Jun 22, 2023

SM Entertainment has provided an update on the complaints filed against malicious comments about Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon.

On June 22, SM Entertainment released the following statement outlining their legal case and investigations against malicious commenters:

"This is the ‘KWANGYA 119’ center.

SM Entertainment has been continuously filing complaints by collecting data on malicious posts and comments, and defamatory posts that insult character being spread indiscriminately on various online communities, social media, and portal sites regarding our agency artist. Among those, we would like to share the progress of complaints filed regarding artist Taeyeon.

Currently, regarding the complaints filed, the police have identified six people, with four being investigated and two being sent to prosecution. In addition to this, several other complaints are under investigation and we are waiting for them to progress.

We will continue to update on the final disposition results of the case forwarded to prosecution as well as additional investigation details.

In the future too, in addition to these complaints on behalf of Taeyeon, we will actively monitor and take legal action for the protection of our agency artists, and continue to take strong legal measures against these various illegal acts.

Thank you."

Earlier this week, SM Entertainment opened their website “KWANGYA 119” for fans to personally report issues regarding SM’s agency artists.

Source: Soompi