Kang Hye-won, LE SSERAFIM’s Kim Chae-won And More Were Involved In Drug-Related Nonsense Rumors And Fake News
While actor Lee Sun-kyun and singer G-Dragon have been booked on charges of taking drugs, groundless rumors in the entertainment industry are rapidly spreading
On October 26th, the drug investigation team of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency revealed that the article written about IZ*ONE member-turned-actress Kang Hye-won being investigated for drug use was complete misinformation.
Earlier in the day, images of the article were circulating on various Internet communities. However, the original media outlet strongly refuted ever publishing such an article, and there is no such reporter in their company. In addition, the media promised to do their best to find and punish those who did so in cooperation with the police and other related authorities. This means that someone made fake news about the celebrity’s drug allegations and spread it on the Internet.
In fact, misinformation and rumors are rampant around the recent drug-related incident. A media outle, when first reporting the allegations of Lee Sun-kyun‘s internal investigation, reported that female singer A and girl group member B were also investigated. However, when the police countered that it was not true, they soon deleted the article. Later, it was revealed that GD was the entertainer who was booked.
In addition, names of several singers and actors are circulating on the Internet and social media as they are suspected of drug charges. Kim Chae-won, a member of the girl group LE SSERAFIM, recently announced that she would return on November 1 after suspending her activities due to flu aftereffects. Her previous activity suspension was also wrongly suspected to be due to drug allegations.
Meanwhile, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said it has booked an incumbent doctor on charges of supplying drugs to Lee Sun-kyun and GD. As a result, the number of people on the investigation list for drug charges by the agency has increased to 10.
