251210 SM announced their progress on legal response to protect the rights and interest of their artist aespa’s Winter

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Hello, this is SM Entertainment.

We would like to inform you of the progress of our legal action to protect the rights and interests of our artist, Winter (aespa).

Through valuable reports from fans submitted to "KWANGYA 119" and our own monitoring, we are deeply aware of the severity of the ongoing malicious posts and comments (sexual harassment, defamation, personal attacks, insults, invasions of privacy, deepfakes, etc.) regarding our artist.

In particular, we have identified numerous instances of defamation of Winter's character and reputation, malicious posts aimed at publicly defaming the artist, and sexually harassing posts targeting Winter on platforms such as DC Inside, Daum Cafe, Natepan, Instiz, Theqoo, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube. After reviewing these posts, we plan to gradually expand our legal action process.

Furthermore, we are currently pursuing criminal and civil charges against those who have posted malicious content related to aespa on the aforementioned platforms. We are also securing extensive evidence and will take strong, unbiased action against those who create malicious rumors, repeatedly spread false information, post sexually harassing posts, and create and distribute mocking and distorted content on personal social media, online communities, and anonymous bulletin boards. We ask you to refrain from becoming involved in any such unpleasant incidents.

We will continue to do our utmost to protect the rights and interests of our artists in every way possible.

Thank you.