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On Monday, November 11, IU's agency, EDAM Entertainment, released a statement through the Korean media outlet, Yonhap News, addressing their lawsuit against 180 individuals who were involved in defamation, threats, insults, and plagiarism accusations against the K-pop soloist.
The agency revealed the status of the criminal complaints related to the artist, and according to the idol's legal representative, Shinwon Law Firm, a total of 180 people were sued. Their crimes included various serious cases of harassment against IU.
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Out of these 180 complaints, six cases were sentenced to fines according to the old law systems, and another three were sentenced to conditional suspension of prosecution after they completed their education. On the other hand, one false rumor case related to claiming that IU is a spy was recently sent to the prosecution.
They concluded their statement with:
"The company remains steadfast in commitment to holding malicious actors accountable and will continue to take decisive action. The company urges individuals engaging in illegal online activities to desist immediately."
Following this development, fans have been elated and happy with the serious and strict measures the agency has been taking to protect their artists. One fan said,
"HYBE should take notes. That’s how you protect your artists."
"when companies take action to protect their artists>>>>," said a fan on X.
"This is how it should be done.. Protect your artists.. That's your job. Good one EDAN." added another fan.
"This happens when a company takes good care of their artists." commented a netizen.
Fans praised EDAM Entertainment for protecting their artist, commending it for being supportive and urging other companies to learn from this.
"Great to see a supportive company doing their job for their artist!" said an X user.
"Sm and Edam both companies are under Kakao but sm should learn from EDAM how to protect their artists!!" stated another X user.
"i wish companies started moving like this," added a netizen.
"EDAM has done a great job ..they know how to protect their people..they take the responsibility," commented another netizen.
All you need to know about EDAM Entertainment's recent lawsuit against the individuals involved in crimes against IU
In EDAM Entertainment's recent statement, they expressed that they previously identified a few individuals who committed crimes against IU around April to May of last year. These suspicions and crimes included threatening, defaming, and creating accusations against the artist.
They suspected this particular person to be a middle school classmate of IU, and they filed a case against them. However, the actions from the person continued despite the case, due to which the idol not only faced plagiarism accusations but was also reported to the police for violating the copyright law.
"Investigative authorities identified some individuals who damaged IU's reputation by making unfounded plagiarism accusations. Information was also obtained about individuals who committed illegal acts using overseas servers and those identified as residing abroad. Among them, there's a person believed to be IU's middle school alumni, who has been continuing to harass the idol despite ongoing legal proceedings, and this situation is being addressed."
Additionally, the identified person also failed to appear for the first court hearing which took place at the Seoul Central District Court on July 24. There is a second hearing scheduled for December 4, and they are hoping for the person to turn up for the same. Regardless, there hasn't been any confirmation regarding whether the person who committed the crimes was actually a middle school classmate of IU.
While fans have been concerned by the amount of accusations and crimes against the idol, they are happy to see the agency take the necessary actions to protect the K-pop soloist.
