Victim's side "It's true that Le Seraphim Kim Garam committed school violence... Please stop the secondary assault."

Amid growing suspicions of school violence surrounding Kim Garam, a member of Le Seraphim, who attracted attention as 'Hive's first girl group', the victim's side revealed that the school violence was real.

Victim A said in a statement released through his legal representative, Daeryun Law Firm, on the 19th, "I suffered school violence from Garam Kim and his friends around late April to early May 2018, and after that, I transferred to another school because I could not endure the continued group harassment."

Mr. A said, "As a result of the autonomous school violence committee meeting held on June 4, 2018, Garam Kim, a student who committed school violence, was sentenced to 6 hours of special education and 5 hours of special education for parents."

Regarding the veracity of the 'School Violence Countermeasures Autonomous Committee Result Notice' recently released in an online community, Mr. A's side stated, "The contents are consistent with the result notice submitted by Mr. A."

This document states that it notifies the measures taken under Articles 16 and 17 of the 'School Violence Prevention and Countermeasures Act' and that the offending student is 'Kim Garam, Class 3, 1st grade', leading to differing opinions as to its authenticity.

Mr. A's side complained that he had been receiving malicious criticism and threats since the suspicion of Garam Kim's school violence arose.

Mr. A's side claimed, "We received malicious criticism from people we did not know, saying they were 'maliciously slandering us' and 'slandering us out of jealousy,' and some of the posts even threatened us by publishing Mr. A's photo."

Mr. A reported that the secondary abuse became more severe after his agency, Source Music, denied the allegations, saying, "This is a matter of clever editing and malicious slander."

Mr. A's side said, "We submitted a complaint to the Guro Police Station in Seoul against people who made false comments to the effect that Mr. A wrote an expose about Garam Kim, and sent the victim's statement as proof of content to Hive."

He then criticized, "We did not ask for any compensation (from Hive), and we urged them to delete the statement that was different from the facts and to express their position based on the facts again, but Hive did not respond at all."

Mr. A said, "The victim, unable to endure the extreme anxiety and fear caused by the secondary assault, eventually attempted suicide, decided to completely stop studying, and announced his intention to drop out."

He continued, "The victims and their guardians desperately want to stop secondary assaults," and warned, "If Hive maintains its existing position without a true apology, we are considering releasing the full text of the results of the Autonomous School Violence Countermeasures Committee."

Mr. A's side emphasized, "Hive and its affiliate Source Music must be very careful to prevent secondary harm," and added, "We must strictly recognize that the experience of group bullying for a young student leaves a deep scar in the heart and cannot be undone by any amount of compensation or treatment."

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