{"id":143368,"date":"2025-06-07T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143368"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:20:06","slug":"aespas-harassers-sentenced-sm-entertainment-strikes-back-with-serious-legal-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/aespas-harassers-sentenced-sm-entertainment-strikes-back-with-serious-legal-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"aespa\u2019s harassers sentenced: SM Entertainment strikes back with serious legal wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>aespa<\/strong>\u2019s agency, <strong>SM Entertainmen<\/strong>t, isn\u2019t here for the slander! On June 5, SM delivered a major update: individuals who targeted aespa with malicious content (including deepfakes, edited videos, and offensive posts) have been convicted. Some received serious punishment: three-year prison sentences with five-year probation, and serious fines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartstoaespa\/status\/1930595984582521271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartstoaespa\/status\/1930595984582521271<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The K-pop quartet has faced intense digital harassment, especially in recent months. The attacks went beyond simple hate comments, as they included<strong> sexual harassment, image manipulation, and targeted slander<\/strong>. According to SM, these actions were considered defamation, insults, and harassment under South Korean law. The company didn\u2019t just talk tough; they acted with hard evidence that took the perpetrators to court.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the cases have already ended with guilty verdicts, showing SM\u2019s commitment to protecting aespa. And they\u2019re not done yet! Investigations into additional suspects are ongoing, and SM made it clear: more legal action is coming. Now you know it haters and trolls: think twice before posting anything that could land you in court. SM isn\u2019t backing down, and neither is aespa!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AJ4x2VsxWpo?si=XrHBRHHYLuAhF_od\" title=\"aespa \uc5d0\uc2a4\ud30c &#039;Dirty Work&#039; INTRO\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJ4x2VsxWpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The controversy peaked when aespa\u2019s leader Karina wore a red jacket with the number 2 on it, sparking political rumors ahead of an election. The group\u2019s comeback title \u201c<strong>Dirty Work<\/strong>\u201d only fueled more criticism, with haters claiming it was a \u201cfitting name\u201d given the scandal. But SM\u2019s legal wins prove they\u2019re serious about cleaning up the mess (and protecting their stars in the process).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aespa\u2019s agency, SM Entertainment, isn\u2019t here for the slander! On June 5, SM delivered a major update: individuals who targeted aespa with malicious content (including deepfakes, edited videos, and offensive posts) have been convicted. Some received serious punishment: three-year prison sentences with five-year probation, and serious fines. The K-pop quartet has faced intense digital harassment, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[1019],"class_list":{"0":"post-143368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-aespa"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}