SM Ent to take legal action against those spreading rumours amid Exo Chanyeol controversy

In October 2020, K-pop star Chanyeol was accused by a former girlfriend of repeatedly cheating on her during ir three-year relationship. SM entertainment has now been taking legal action against users who are contributing to this unverified rumour. According to Meaaw.com SM Entertainment has also asked help of police to identify users on Internet who are part of cheating row controversy.

SM takes legal action for Exo's Chanyeol's cheating rumours

SM Entertainment manages company houses of a number of popular groups and individuals including EXO, NCT, Red Velvet, Shinee, and more. According to Soompi, company said in a statement on May 17 that y sued those who spre false rumours about Chanyeol. company revealed that as far as y have known, police h identified those who were accused and forwarded m to prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.

company is taking strict action not only against malicious rumours but also insults and issues pertaining to artists' reputations. SM Entertainment said in that statement that, this was just for one of cases of infringement on ir artists' rights and agency has been consistently taking legal action for it. y ded y were also taking legal action against spreing of false rumours, insults, and more regarding ir artists including Exo's Chanyeol.

More about Chanyeol's cheating scandal

According to Soompi, a post was uploed in October last year by a user who claimed to be Chanyeol's ex-girlfriend. She accused Chanyeol of cheating on her with at least 10 people during ir relationship. While SM entertainment h not spoken about it for months, Chanyeol penned a note about same with fans and shared it in February before going to his military training in March. Chanyeol h expressed his feelings in his first-ever letter to Exo fans aka EXO-L about accusations me on his personal life. In letter, he h apologized for raising concerns among his fans and he said he thought a lot about how he can protect precious hears of EXO-L. He ded he thought about how he could make it up to m as well and he reflected on how he will never cause m to worry ever again.

Checkout EXO-L's reaction to SM entertainment suing online users

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