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▲ Mnet’High School Rapper 4’caster Kang Hyun (Tendo) |
[에너지경제신문 온라인뉴스팀] Kang Hyun (19), a performer of Mnet’s’High School Rapper 4′, got off the program when suspicion of rape was raised.
Mnet said on the 20th, “I am sorry that Kanghyun (Tendo) has caused a controversy, and I conveyed the admission.”
He added, “I had in-depth meetings with 40 performers several times before the start of the broadcast, but I did not hear about related issues in the process.”
At 1 am that day, an online community posted a post claiming that he had been raped by Kang Hyun.
The author of the post said, “At the time, I was 18 years old and Kang Hyun was 17 years old.”
The author revealed, “I was lying drunk in a narrow studio and suddenly touched my body. I refused, but I forcibly kissed me, who was shutting my mouth, saying,’Aren’t you good for me, too?’
“I haven’t heard a proper apology from Kanghyun since the incident,” he said. “As a victim, seeing that friend on broadcast is too scary and shameful. At the time, the situation remains a big trauma.”
According to the author, it is known that Kanghyun was fined about 2 million won for the incident at the time.
The production crew of Mnet’s’High School Rapper 4’will edit and broadcast all videos related to Kanghyun (Tendo), and will take action on the episode broadcast the previous day.
Mnet’s’High School Rapper’ is a hip-hop contest program that selects the strongest of rap among high school students, and the first broadcast of the fourth season began on the 19th.
According to the audience rating research company Nielsen Korea, the audience rating of’High School Rapper 4’was 0.8% (paid furniture) on this day.
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