Starship Entertainment has announced Monsta X Wonho's withdrawal from the group.
On October 31, the agency released an official statement through their official Twitter and announced that Wonho will be withdrawing from the group and Monsta X will be continuing as 6 members.
According to the agency, Wonho didn't want to negatively impact the group's activities and chose to leave the group.
Wonho has been under controversy after allegations raised by former girlfriend Jung Dae Eun and her current same-sex girlfriend Han Seo Hee regarding unpaid debts. Han Seo Hee also alleged that Wonho went to juvenile detention as a minor.안녕하세요.— STARSHIP Ent. (@STARSHIPent) October 31, 2019
스타쉽 엔터테인먼트입니다. pic.twitter.com/2MSbpudbvf
In the meantime, Starship has announced legal action against Jung Dae Eun and Han Seo Hee for malicious and unfounded rumors.
- [+4,836, -80] ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ he wouldn't be leaving if it wasn't true
- [+2,671, -53] My kid is a choding and a huge Monsta X fan. How am I to explain all these scandals to him...theft, affairs, juvie and that Wonho left the group because of it. Idols are idols to young kids...before you become an idol please focus on building your character as trainees.
- [+1,712, -39] I guess it was all true ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- [+1,237, -23] What the? So he's leaving the group but they're still taking legal action? Why not let him stay and take legal action then?
- [+994, -14] This wouldn't have happened if he would've just paid the money back and apologized. But he made a big deal about it with the lawsuits and fanned the flames..
- [+376, -6] Han Seo Hee is sending out a lot of idols ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ daebak
- [+309, -1] The juvie thing must've been 100% true. Frankly, the debt thing wasn't a huge thing to leave the group over. He could've just paid it back with interest and it would've gone away. But juvie? You can't shield that. That's a place the worst of the minor criminals end up...I'm 100% sure that's why he had to leave.
- [+200, -32] Shownu is not leaving?
- [+172, -7] What legal action are they still pursuing? He's leaving because of the malicious and unfounded rumors? It doesn't add up. He could've stayed and maintained his honor by proving the truth so why is he leaving? Hyolyn also tried to meet with the victim first when the school bully thing broke out but she changed her stance to legal action to find out what the other person was holding. Starship kids are trash.
- [+117, -12] So is Monsta X Shownu having an affair with a married woman?
Source: STAR News