On October 18, IU’s agency Kakao M issued a statement regarding legal action it is taking against malicious comentarios and rumours.

Read the statement below:

"Hello. This is IU’s agency Kakao M.

Our company has determined that there is a serious level of libel, sexual harassment, and personal attacks occurring through thoughtless malicious comentarios and the spreading of false rumours about our artist IU, and therefore we are taking legal action.

We inform tu that we have collated related materials through continued monitoring and the collection of material publicado por fans, and on October 14 we filed a first criminal complaint to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office through a legal representative. In addition, we are preparing to file an additional criminal complaint.

In the future as well, we will be taking strong action without negotiation o leniency in regard to malicious libel and we will continue to try to eradicate thoughtless malicious comments.

Thank you."

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