[Epoch Times, March 5, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Zeng Weixin compiled and reported) In February last year, (G)I-DLE member Xu Suizhen was involved in a school bullying controversy, and she quit (G)I-DLE in August of the same year . Today (5th), CUBE Entertainment announced that it had terminated the exclusive contract with Xu Suizhen, and stated that the police investigated Xu Suizhen’s bullying controversy, and the result of the lawsuit against the whistleblower was “no prosecution (no suspicion).”
In February last year, a netizen who claimed to be a classmate of Suizhen Middle School claimed that she had been bullied by Suizhen and that Suizhen had used violence. Although Sui Zhen said that she did not violently confront her friends, indicating that the accusation was not true, and the brokerage company also said that it had filed a lawsuit against the whistleblower, the related controversy continued to rage.
In March of the same year, CUBE Entertainment announced that Sui Jin would stop all activities, (G)I-DLE temporarily performed with a five-member system, and (G)I-DLE was originally scheduled to release a new song “Last Dance (Prod. GroovyRoom)” at the end of April. , is also launched in the form of five people with additional content such as changing the structure of the sound source and modifying the lyrics re-recording, promotional photos, and behind-the-scenes production footage. In August, CUBE Entertainment issued a statement announcing that Suo Jin was withdrawing from (G)I-DLE.
Today, Cube Entertainment announced that it has terminated the exclusive contract with Xu Suizhen, and also talked about the bullying case that was discussed at the time, and the result of the lawsuit filed by the company against the whistleblower. CUBE Entertainment stated that after the company and Suizhen cooperated with the police for a long time to clarify the truth, the police’s investigation result was (the whistleblower) “no prosecution (no suspicion)”.
CUBE Entertainment said it “respects the findings of the police” and apologized for causing concern to many people.
On the other hand, (G)I-DLE will release their first full-length album “I NEVER DIE” on March 14 as a five-member system.
Responsible editor: Liu Yuhan