Park Jun-hwan, who was about to debut with the boy group I.D.IT, eventually left the team after suffering from rumors and malicious comments.
Starship Entertainment announced the news of Park Joon-hwan’s departure through an official statement on the 2nd.

Starship stated, “All rumors about Park Joon-hwan are false,” and “We have confirmed that he is a sincere and responsible student through his academic records and statements from school officials.” In particular, they added that they have confirmed the activities of accounts impersonating his classmates in anonymous open chat rooms and have secured objective evidence of this.

The problem is that Park Joon-hwan suffered mental distress that was difficult to endure due to the continued online rumors, slander, and malicious comments.Starship explained, “The situation has worsened to the point where it is interfering with his daily life,” and “We have been consulting with medical professionals, but we have decided to respect Park Joon-hwan’s decision to suspend team activities.”

Along with this, Starship released a statement of apology from person A, the person who spread the rumor.The statement of apology contained the following: “I have caused serious damage by spreading false rumors about Jun-hwan Park,” and “I sincerely apologize.” Person A expressed his regret for speaking unconfirmed information as if it were true and for using expressions that implied Jun-hwan Park’s private life.

Starship warned, “We will take legal action against the initial distributor and those involved,” and “Online sexual harassment and personal infringement of minors are serious crimes and we will never tolerate this.” They also asked, “Although Park Joon-hwan has not yet made his debut, we hope you will understand his decision generously and support his steps toward his new dream.”

Idit is an eight-member boy group formed through Starship’s global project ‘Debut Plan’, and was scheduled to make their official debut in the second half of this year.Park Jun-hwan ended up leaving the team and will no longer be with the group.

“I didn’t give up on my dream, I just put it down for a while.It’s a time when your own steps are more important than what someone else says.”


Reporter Yang com -mo hmyang0307@donga

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