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LOONA’s agency BlockBerryCreative has released an additional statement following Chuu’s removal from the group.
Earlier on November 25, BlockBerryCreative announced Chuu’s removal from LOONA, citing “violent language and misuse of power” toward a staff member as their reason. The agency followed up with an additional statement on November 28 through LOONA’s official fan cafe.
Read the full statement below:
Hello. This is BlockBerryCreative.
The agency is providing an additional statement regarding the notice ‘LOONA’s Chuu’s removal from the team’ that was posted through the fan cafe on November 25.
This notice was an announcement with information explaining the current situation and asking for understanding of all the fans who showed love to LOONA for a long period of time. It was not written with the goal of exposing Chuu’s misuse of power to the public and media.
For a few days after the announcement, the agency was told to provide evidence for the reason for Chuu’s removal, and articles were published with information such as “Chuu is not that kind of person” and “the company is the one doing harm.”
The fan notice posted on November 25 at around 5 p.m. KST was an announcement from the agency explaining Chuu’s changed course of action and the reason for her removal to fans and those who support LOONA, and it was not an exposé.
It is of course natural to explain the reason for her removal, and it is the rights of Chuu herself and the staff who was harmed to provide the truth or evidence of this.
Regarding the relevant facts, if there is something unfair or anything that should be corrected, this is an issue that the people directly involved should reveal. The agency has already finished confirming the incident that took place between Chuu and the staff member, and we released a statement regarding that.
We ask that you refrain from making speculative reports without evidence and malicious comments and rumors defaming the agency regarding this fan notice going forward. The agency will cooperate in providing information and evidence on the matter of violent language and misuse of power if Chuu and the victim agree.
In addition, we sincerely ask once again that you refrain from making indiscriminate and groundless speculative reports so that the LOONA members are not hurt by this incident and can start team activities again.
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For context, on November 25, the agency released a statement in which they claimed they had removed Chuu from LOONA due to the idol’s verbal abuse. Fans, however, were skeptical of this, and many believed the label was trying to slander the idol’s reputation maliciously. Many fans demanded the agency provide proof of their assertion the idol had abused her staff.
“Wow. Just because Chuu is staying silent, they are just spewing nonsensical hate while hoping something sticks. Im seriously rooting for Chuu.”
“They are making a fool of themselves. I bet the staff member doesn’t even really exist.”
“What are they even saying?”
“They are really shameless…”
“It’s as if they accuse me of stealing and then tell me to provide evidence that I didn’t. Are they crazy?”
“They don’t have any evidence, LOL. Tsk, tsk.”
Since Blockberry Creative’s original statement accusing Chuu of abusing the label’s staff, many, including staff members who previously worked with Chuu and LOONA member Hyunjin came to her defense.
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