(TW) Idol C accused of sexual harassment #MeToo
The original post got deleted, but netizens and media took screenshots. Below is a summary:
[Spoiler (click to open)]The OP claimed that when she was in grade 6~7, she was called by the idol to have a talk. He locked her into a bathroom and sexually harassed her with actions like licking her ears. He threatened her that if she screamed or tried to leave, he was going to spread the story. He later threatened her on messenger to send him nude pictures, which she did. She begged him not to spread the story. In high school, she heard that A was going to debut as an idol. She was revealed because even if he still had the pictures, he couldn't do anything about them.
The OP of the original post later wrote:
Thanks to everyone who comforted me. The reason why I couldn't reveal his name was because I'm still not confident enough. I have no proofs but I know some friends who was in the same situation as me. Other Metoo assaulters denied their fault first but the fact that there are more victims coming out is an enough proof. My story is from 17 years ago, how can I have any proof? And back then, it was possible to send pictures on BuddyBuddy messenger like Kakaotalk. I'm taking down the post. It's meaningless since there are screencaps out there but I don't want anything else. I just want an apology.
Netizens are suspecting [Spoiler (click to open)]FT Island Choi Jonghoon to be the idol in question. No official statements so far.
edit from kpopkfans:
When I translated the Pann OP’s edited message, the first sentence was like “Since it’s today, I decided to take down the post.” I didn’t get what she meant by “today” and it seemed to be out of the context so I didn’t translate it. The pann is deleted so I can’t go back to check. And I just found that today is the accused idol’s birthday so perhaps she meant that but didn’t want to make it clear.
Also, from the kpopkfans comment section:
I read the post when it first came out. OP mentioned the accused dated an athlete, that he was in a boyband, was an idol, and had a reputation in school for being a bully/pervert. People just put two and two together.
sources: kpopkfans, nate, pann, @kpopkfans 1, 2
[Spoiler (click to open)]The OP claimed that when she was in grade 6~7, she was called by the idol to have a talk. He locked her into a bathroom and sexually harassed her with actions like licking her ears. He threatened her that if she screamed or tried to leave, he was going to spread the story. He later threatened her on messenger to send him nude pictures, which she did. She begged him not to spread the story. In high school, she heard that A was going to debut as an idol. She was revealed because even if he still had the pictures, he couldn't do anything about them.
The OP of the original post later wrote:
Thanks to everyone who comforted me. The reason why I couldn't reveal his name was because I'm still not confident enough. I have no proofs but I know some friends who was in the same situation as me. Other Metoo assaulters denied their fault first but the fact that there are more victims coming out is an enough proof. My story is from 17 years ago, how can I have any proof? And back then, it was possible to send pictures on BuddyBuddy messenger like Kakaotalk. I'm taking down the post. It's meaningless since there are screencaps out there but I don't want anything else. I just want an apology.
Netizens are suspecting [Spoiler (click to open)]FT Island Choi Jonghoon to be the idol in question. No official statements so far.
edit from kpopkfans:
When I translated the Pann OP’s edited message, the first sentence was like “Since it’s today, I decided to take down the post.” I didn’t get what she meant by “today” and it seemed to be out of the context so I didn’t translate it. The pann is deleted so I can’t go back to check. And I just found that today is the accused idol’s birthday so perhaps she meant that but didn’t want to make it clear.
Also, from the kpopkfans comment section:
I read the post when it first came out. OP mentioned the accused dated an athlete, that he was in a boyband, was an idol, and had a reputation in school for being a bully/pervert. People just put two and two together.
sources: kpopkfans, nate, pann, @kpopkfans 1, 2