This is for those who want to find information about everything going on with Lia but kept running into extreme fans spreading misinformation or trolls blowing the whole thing out of proportion.
A few things before we begin
1. I can not speak Korean, the information I am providing comes from translation sites. Because of this, there is always a chance of mistranslation. Please keep that in mind.(ps. I tried to go to twitter for translations but those who had them were fan accounts, which, for obvious reasons, I took with a grain of salt)
2. Because of the "midzy" in my username you might think I am biased. I will try to put all feelings for Lia aside and make this as unbiased as possible
This whole thing started on February 28, 2021, when a post was uploaded onto an online forum by someone claiming to be a victim of school violence by "a female idol who was born in 2000 and has straight shoulders."
The writer, now being referred to as "A" stated that the person who had bullied them had borrowed money from A's classmate ("B") and did not return it. A also accused the perpetrator of making someone in the same class as the perpetrator ("C") an outcast and making them break up with their boyfriend. According to A, when she asked the perpetrator why she hadn't returned B's money and made an outcast of C, the perpetrator and her friends cursed at her. A said wrote that the perpetrator and their friends would continue to curse at her and posted on social media that A had falsely accused her and created rumors about A.
A went on to explain that when they learned the perpetrator would be debuting under a big company, she wrote an accusatory online post at the time, but was sued for defamation
JYP Entertainment soon released a statement denying the accusations saying,
"Hello, this is JYP Entertainment.
We share our position on the online post that is causing speculations about our artist Lia. This is a case in which we sued the writer of the post last year for defamation for spreading false rumors. We inform you that the investigation on this case is ongoing and that we are awaiting the results according to formal legal procedures. This matter is completely false and we relay our plans to push further charges regarding the matter and also take strong legal action against any deeds that defame our artists and caused disruption to their promotions through things like malicious comments and spreading false rumors."
However, on June 13, Incheon Yeonsu Police Station revealed that A was cleared of her defamation charges. After a lengthy investigation, the police decided that the post was an expression of the things A experienced rather than an attempt to slander Lia; and that there was not enough evidence to prove the claims made in the post were false. A source from the police station stated, "Overall, considering the circumstances surrounding how A uploaded the post on an online community as well as the contents of the post, it was judged that suspicions of defamation were not valid."
A commented in a call with Yonhap news, "I still have a hard time mentally when I think about those days. I was hoping for a genuine apology."
Soon later, JYP Entertainment put out a statement in response to the news. " We have seen the outcome through press reports and are figuring out the process of the situation. However, it is difficult to accept the outcome as is. We will decide our response once we have figured out the process more thoroughly."
(I wanted to put my sources but the word s**mpi is banned for some reason)