aespa's Winter takes legal action against malicious posts

aespa member Winter is taking legal action against malicious posts and the spread of false information targeting her. On the 28th, her agency SM Entertainment announced through its official SNS that defamatory, insulting, maliciously slanderous, personally attacking, and sexual harassmentrelated posts targeting Winter have continued to be circulated, and stated that it will respond firmly. The company explained that, after review by a law firm, it plans to proceed step by step with legal measures such as filing criminal complaints. It also said that it will respond without exception to illegal acts carried out on anonymous bulletin boards and SNS, and that it plans to secure materials to identify the authors and distribution routes, both domestically and overseas, and request an investigation from law enforcement authorities. aespa has recently continued its activities by releasing a special digital single.