Article: "There was no bullying," AOA Gallery's statement 1 year after Kwon Mina's revelations
Source: Chosun Ilbo
DC Inside AOA Gallery has released a statement one year after Mina alleged bullying within AOA.
In a statement posted on the 3rd, they responded to allegations that Jimin prevented Mina from going to visit her father on his deathbed and stated, "Mina commented on her live IG broadcast on March 2021 that she was with her father when he passed and that although her manager drove her to her family residence, which was 5 minutes from her father's hospital, she decided not to see her father, in case the visit would have an impact on her next day's schedule."
Regarding claims that Mina was bullied within the team, they stated, "Mina mentioned several times through IG that she enjoyed being a member of AOA and that she got along with all AOA members."
They also clarified that "Jimin's exit from the entertainment industry wasn't an acknowledgement that she bullied Mina but rather an apology for being a poor leader that she didn't' take good care of Mina."
Here is the link to the original statement posted on Pann and DC Inside.
You can read their full translated statement below.
- [+5,816, -198] What authority does the gallery have to make announcements like this?
- [+2,798, -125] Mina-ya, please go to the hospital and get treatment. It's not just once or twice that you've cut up your wrists, abused nurses and posted self harm photos on SNS ã…¡ã…¡
- [+1,633, -81] I don't know if Jimin or Seolhyun are any better but she's got mental issues for sure..
- [+981, -145] She's just an attention wh*re. I knew a girl like her that would put up a good act pretending to be a victim of bullying only to backstab me and disappear
- [+847, -165] We've got our answer already. We can tell what kind of b*tch she is with how she seduced and stole someone else's man a few days ago.
- [+473, -63] Didn't she say she thought of suicide because of Jimin? So that wasn't the case?
- [+473, -15] Mina is a liar. Just like she lied about receiving insulting texts from the ex girlfriend's father when they were sent to the boyfriend and not her. She's the type of person that thinks being in the victim's position makes her right. I can't trust her after seeing her write up that post like the ex's father cursed her directly when those texts were made up and not even intended for her.
- [+288, -8] She basically used suicide as a weapon to block the mouths of her agency and the members. They had no choice but to keep quiet or else the public would think they were out to kill her.
- [+135, -23] One person ruined the group