[My Daily = Reporter Seung-gil Lee] On the morning of the 11th, Jeon Hong-jun, CEO of Attract, the group Fifty Fifty's agency, filed a complaint against Mr. A, who called himself an insider and conducted a false interview on SBS' 'I Want to Know'.
On the 11th, Attract said, "Mr. A, who impersonated an insider and was interviewed in the 1365th episode of SBS' 'I Want to Know' aired on August 19th, 'Billboard and Girl Groups - Who Broken the Wings', was indicted for spreading false information. “We filed a complaint with the Gangnam Police Station on the 11th for damage,” he said.
In particular, immediately after the broadcast of the episode that dealt with the Fifty Fifty tampering incident, viewers repeatedly pointed out that “the content was biased toward one side,” and 1,146 complaints were received by the Korea Communications Standards Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Korea Communications Standards Commission) this year, giving it the disgrace of being the program with the most complaints received by the Korea Communications Standards Commission. has been obtained.
Respondent A said on the broadcast at the time, “It seems like the former CEO just thought, ‘I’ll try to make some money too,’ when (CUPID)’s song suddenly did well,” and “Until the kids debuted, they never came to the end-of-month evaluation. “I was wondering why he was suddenly calling me (Fifty Fifty’s) father,” he said, conveying information that was completely different from the truth.
Kim Byeong-ok, an attorney at law firm Seojeong, who is representing the Attract lawsuit, said, “The remarks made by Mr. A, whose identity is unknown, are pending injunction litigation between Attract (CEO Jeon Hong-jun) and Fifty Fifty, and the content of the broadcast interview does not undermine trust in CEO Jeon Hong-jun. “It had a significant impact on reputation,” he said. “However, I think it is clear that Mr. A’s remarks spread false information to the effect that CEO Jeon Hong-jun was only interested in obtaining economic benefits rather than the artist’s success as a popular singer and that no evaluation was ever made.” . He explained the reason for the complaint, saying, “These false claims have damaged social reputation as there is a high possibility that all of CEO Jeon Hong-jun’s sincere efforts will be perceived as nothing more than creating a false image.”
An Attract official also said, "The unidentified person A, who was interviewed on 'I Want to Know' as an insider, is a person for whom it is not even clear that he worked for our company." He added, "We will file a criminal complaint without leniency against person A who conducted the false interview." “We plan to proceed,” he said, expressing his strong will to take legal action.
