SEVENTEEN issues a warning against sasaeng fans + to take legal actions to protect members’ privacy
SEVENTEEN’s agency called out sasaeng fans’ behaviors, such as attempts to trespass the members’ private spaces.
On December 8th, Pledis Entertainment, SEVENTEEN’s agency, announced through the fan community Weverse, “Despite the release of previous notices, we are still witnessing continuous unauthorized entering into artists’ private spaces other than venues officially announced as SEVENTEEN’s official activity (living spaces, hotels, hair and make-up shops etc.) and invasion of artists’ privacy within the airport’s security zones.”
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Pledis continued, “There have been severe cases of invasion of privacy especially during the recent tour, such as waiting at the artists’ hotel, trying to break and enter the hotel room, coming excessively close to the artist and attempting to make conversation during their travel within the airport security zones including inside the aircrafts. Such repeated actions are inflicting mental pain on the artists.”
Pledis issued a warning that reads, “Our company will take necessary legal actions against them using the evidence we have collected through CCTV footage and monitoring initiatives. We promise that we will take strongest measures possible against any actions that violate our artists’ rights.”
The full text of Pledis Entertainment’s official position is as follows:
“Hello.
This is Pledis Entertainment.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your support for SEVENTEEN.
Despite the release of previous notices, we are still witnessing continuous unauthorized entering into artists’ private spaces other than venues officially announced as SEVENTEEN’s official activity (living spaces, hotels, hair and make-up shops etc.) and invasion of artists’ privacy within the airport’s security zones.
There have been severe cases of invasion of privacy especially during the recent tour, such as waiting at the artists’ hotel, trying to break and enter the hotel room, coming excessively close to the artist and attempting to make conversation during their travel within the airport security zones including inside the aircrafts. Such repeated actions are inflicting mental pain on the artists.
Not only those engaging in such behaviors be perpetually blacklisted from participating in all fan activities related to SEVENTEEN without a prior warning, but our company will also take necessary legal actions against them using the evidence we have collected through CCTV footage and monitoring initiatives.
We will continue to strive to create a healthy fan culture and protect the safety and rights of our artists. We promise that we will take strongest measures possible to any actions that violate their rights.
We ask for our fans’ cooperation.
Thank you.”
Source: Daum.
