Stars no longer hold back. Stars have pulled out the knife of the law for over-the-top flamers and rumor spreaders.
Lee Seung-gi's agency, Hook Entertainment, said on the 29th that it had passed the malicious comments collected on the 26th and the data about the netizens to the law firm on the 26th, judging that the act of Flaming and flammer against Lee Seung-gi,
In the meantime, the agency said that if malicious slander such as false facts, insults, and defamation of its artist is found, it will continue to respond to legal action and will respond hard without consultation or preemption.
Lee Seung-gi has filed more than 100 complaints against flamers and rumor distributors in 2016. At that time, all the flamers were fined, and the agency firmly punished those who appealed for the righteousness without any consultation.
Lee Seung-gi is not the only one; on the 27th, Actor Gong Hyo-jin and Bae Suzy also suggested legal action against the flammer. Their management forest side clarified their attitude to respond hard to the flamer's behavior toward The Artist belonging to SNS. "In the case of Gong Hyo-jin, they are preparing to file a complaint by collecting evidence, and in the case of Bae Suzy, they received a complaint through a law firm based on the collected evidence."
Previously, the management forest also filed a complaint against another member of the Actor, Gong Yoo, and Jung Yu-mi, rumor distributors and flamers. According to the agency, the flammer of Gong Yoo received a fine in April, and the flammer and rumor publisher of Jung Yu-mi also received a fine recently.
Unlike in the past, when Flaming was considered a star's fate, stars have recently continued to take strong legal action against malicious commenters and rumor disseminations. As time goes by, the ripple power of malicious comments and the spread of rumors are accelerating, both stars and management companies are desperately feeling the need for quick and strong response.
This year alone, many stars such as singers Bang, Kang Daniel, Stern, Lim Chang-jung, Park Bom, Actor Oh Hyun-kyung, Lee Min-ho, Song Jung-ki, Park Bo-gum, Song Hye-kyo, Swim, Yui and comedian Kim Won-hyo faced the flammer with strong legal response. Not only entertainers but also management forests, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, Pledice, Tree Ectus, and Starship Entertainment, have officially announced that they are planning or are in the process of suing Flaming and rumors about all of their artists.