River Where The Moon Rises star Ji Soo faces twin charges of school violence & assault; Agency Responds - PINKVILLA

Keyeast Entertainment, actor Ji Soo's agency released a statement stating they are probing into the allegations. Read below for further details.

Actor Kim Ji Soo, who is currently starring in the sageuk drama, River Where The Moon Rises is the latest actor to be accused of school violence and sexual assault by his former classmate. An online post, by an anonymous user, who claims to be Ji Soo's classmate from Seorabeol Middle School between 2006-2008, claimed that the actor was a delinquent and a bully during his school years. The actor was also accused of being a sexual perpetrator and a 'womaniser'.

According to reports carried out by Sports Chosun and YTN News via Soompi, The anonymous user claimed that he took advantage of his big build and bullied fellow classmates using various means of physical and verbal violence. The user even claimed that the actor behaved like a 'gangster' and a 'delinquent', beating and abusing fellow classmates at the slightest provocation. Ji Soo would make fellow classmates pay for his cigarettes and lunch and wouldn't tolerate anybody opposing him and his group which consisted of bullies. The anonymous user also claimed that Ji Soo carried a BB gun to shoot at other students for fun. The user added that they find it repulsive that a perpetrator of school violence, bullying, and scaring people in such a vicious manner, is now pretending to be kind and living off the popularity that comes with it.

Following the first accusatory post, other netizens who claimed to be his former high school classmates accused Ji Soo of sexual violence. Another anonymous user shared that the actor was a 'womaniser' in his school days and filmed himself having intercourse with a middle school student in a bathroom. He shared the video with his group of bullies. Another student claimed that Ji Soo forced other male students into sexually abusing the victim and that the netizen has a recorded conversation with the victim as proof for the same.

Actor Ji Soo's agency Keyeast Entertainment released a statement following allegations of sexual assault and school violence. Keyeast Entertainment stated that they are seriously investigating the matter and require time to do their best. They will be verifying facts without any bias and requested netizens to report any information to rpt@keyeast.co.kr. Moreover, if people would come forward and like to speak about it, the agency would like to directly hear their direct thoughts on this matter. They sincerely apologized for causing concern to many people and will do their best to resolve the matter.

You can read Keyeast Entertainment's statement below:

Hello. This is Keyeast.

This is our position on the content in the posts about our actor Ji Soo that are being spread around online communities.

We are looking at this incident seriously and will do our utmost to verify the facts.

First, as a very long time has passed since the time that is being addressed, we ask for your understanding about needing time to verify the truth.

We will receive reports through email (rpt@keyeast.co.kr) about this matter and collect the information as is without distorting anything. Moreover, if the creator of the posts and the others who came forward will allow, we would like to directly hear their thoughts.

In addition to confirming the facts, the agency and our actor will do our best to resolve this matter. We apologize for causing concern to many people.

However, apart from this issue, we earnestly ask you to avoid creating and posting parts that have not been confirmed from the information that is being spread indiscreetly.

Thank you.

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