It was revealed that singer and actress IU not only suffered defamation due to the spread of false information, but also received death threats.
On the 6th, IU's agency, EDAM Entertainment, which received a decision to dismiss the complaint against IU that started with suspicions of plagiarism, said on the 6th, "Around February, we filed a false report to the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul about a group of people who have been slandering the artist, including a number of SNS accounts/IDs of those who are strongly presumed to be the accusers. According to the facts, I filed a slander case, he claimed.
The agency announced the news, "On the 8th, through a legal representative, we filed a lawsuit against the accuser at the Seoul Central District Court, claiming damages for illegal acts such as defamation of the artist, violation of personal rights, and false accusation."
In addition, a death threat was reported against IU, and it was confirmed that violent acts against the artist continued, with investigative agencies urgently dispatched to the agency's headquarters, Kakao Entertainment's headquarters, and the artist's home.
The agency emphasized that it would take strong measures, saying, "The artist was filming at the time, and the matter was finalized after the investigative agency confirmed that it was a security and safety situation, so we immediately strengthened the artist's security personnel."