Source Music releases statement about Garam's bullying scandal, announces hiatus

[goshipgurl]

HYBE has announced their position over victim A (Yoo Eun-seo)'s bullying claims.

On the 20th, Le Sserafim's agency Source Music issued an official statement and claimed Kim Garam was a victim of A's bullying and physical assaults and declared a halt to all of Garam's activities.

Below is the full text of HYBE/Source Music's position:

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[goshipgurl]

I didn't add it to the post but there's also a new post on pann with someone claiming to be a former school mate of Garam. He or she didn't provide any proof though.

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I'm a school colleague of Kim Garam. Kim Garam asked me to join the dance club, so I had no other choice but followed her. There were two students from the first year in the club. There was this girl, H, who did some movement wrong. She was told, 'H-ah, if you're only going to do this wrong and harm the other teammates, just leave~ We can pick out some new members anyway' and the other teammates laughed at her. When H apologized, she was told, 'What are you sorry for?~ We're just kidding' some kind of bullshit. Kim Garam often ruined the mood of the club. There was one time the dance club was about to participate in a festival, we didn't have much time to practice so one of the members thought it was a great idea to practice 4 times a week. Kim Garam responded, 'Who allows you? It's not a big festival anyway' as if she was the head of the club. I was about to say something because I found it ridiculous, but I didn't. And yes, she was in a fight when she was in her first year of junior high. The dance club had an ice-breaking session, we sat in a circle and each of us told a TMI. She sounded so f*cking confident when she said, 'Guys, do you know why I transferred to this school?'. The girls asked, 'Because you moved out of town?'. And she responded as she covered her face and laughed, 'I was transferred here because I hit someoneㅋㅋㅋㅋ' And the girls were like '???', she was the only one who laughed. She said, 'I'm not like that anymore because I'm going to be an idol'. I didn't expect she would actually debut as an idol. When she got accepted in Hybe and confirmed to debut, she went to give H some snacks and apologized to her, and maybe some of the other girls she fought in her class, she apologized to all of them. It is fact that she was involved in school violence, but of course, Hybe is defending herㅋㅋ Kim Garam has never cursed at me but I just want to tell everyone about her behavior. (pannative)

and there's this tweet
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trans: https://t.co/IXoPv30NRw pic.twitter.com/1v2KHlHU2A
- 소류아스카얼그레이 (@asukaearlgrey) May 19, 2022

[aures]

Thank you OP for adding these