Big Hit Music Reveals They Are Taking Legal Action on Behalf of BTS

Big Hit Music is making moves on behalf of BTS.

The entertainment agency issued a statement regarding legal proceedings on behalf of the massive boy band on Thursday (March 31).

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The company noted that they pursue legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS, “including defamation, personal attacks, sexual harassment, the spread of groundless information, and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to provide an update on these activities,” the company said, via Soompi.

“We have recently filed multiple criminal complaints using new information provided by fans as well as collected through our monitoring initiatives. We have filed criminal suits after reviewing personal attacks on online channels and online posts containing defamation and would like to provide an update on two specific cases,” they went on to say.

“We have filed a suit against a perpetrator who has injured our artists’ reputation and spread false information by putting together rumors about BTS with malicious intent for defamation and obstruction of business. Under the Criminal Act, Article 314 (1), a person who committed obstruction of business may face up to five years in prison or be fined up to 15 million won [approximately $12,355],” Big Hit reported.

“We have also sued another perpetrator for defamation after receiving reports about this perpetrator’s posts containing false information about our artists grounded on serious levels of delusion and nonsensical logic not only on social media sites, online communities, DC inside, YouTube but even on a product review section of a commercial brand website.”

The agency went on to say that input from fans is helpful regarding malicious behavior, and they ask that fans use their hotline ([email protected]) to report any cases of abuse.

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