Ex-LE SSERAFIM member Kim Ga-ram reportedly denies bullying allegations in new statement
11.08.2022 - 12:13
/ nme.com
LE SSERAFIM member Kim Ga-ram has reportedly shared a new statement denying allegations she was involved in bullying incidents as a middle schooler.The 16-year-old Kim was removed from the rookie K-pop girl group LE SSERAFIM and had her exclusive contract with HYBE subsidiary label Source Music terminated last month after those allegations emerged. She was not replaced with a new member, and LE SSERAFIM became a five-member group.At the time, HYBE and Source Music denied the allegations and claimed the posts about the allegations were “cunningly edited” with the intent of “maliciously slander[ing]” Kim.
The labels also told press that they had begun taking “legal action” over the allegations. In the weeks leading up to her termination, Kim was placed on a temporary hiatus from group activities. On August 10, an individual claiming to be a friend of Kim’s uploaded a letter purportedly written by Kim on her behalf, per SBS News. “First and foremost, I want to say I’m sorry.
I know that this is very late, but I didn’t have the chance to talk about my position,” the letter read.“I put [in] much effort to achieve my dream, so it’s true that I was afraid that the dream that I ran toward would break into pieces because of my past actions. But I was more afraid of the criticisms that snowballed as the days passed, and I really wanted to share my side of the story if I was given a chance.”Kim then denied the claims of bullying made against her: “I never hit anyone or inflicted violence on someone, not even once.
I was never forced to transfer from one school to another. I never drank alcohol or smoked cigarette[s].
I never bullied anyone. I was just an ordinary student.”As allegations emerged against Kim earlier this year, an
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