Actor Lee Beom-soo’s agency announced its official position on the controversial issue of power abuse related to his teaching activities.
Big Punch Entertainment, Lee Beom-soo’s agency, refuted the issue head-on, saying, “I have never discriminated or used abusive language.”
The agency said, “This year, there were cases where classes could not be held on weekdays due to the filming schedule for a drama and a movie, and there were also cases where the Academic Office was not notified of the schedule in advance due to a sudden change in filming schedule. In this regard, the students have sufficient understanding. , and since then, I have been diligently teaching through supplementary classes.” We will make improvements. We are faithfully responding to the school’s investigation to find out the truth, and we have already clarified the facts and other parts through the investigation, and we will cooperate faithfully in the future.”
He added, “We plan to take strong legal action against the spread and dissemination of false information about actor Lee Beom-soo.”
Below is the company’s full text.
hello. This is Big Punch Entertainment.
Regarding actor Lee Beom-soo’s teaching activities, we apologize for making you feel uncomfortable due to an unexpected controversy. We also apologize for causing this misunderstanding. Also, I apologize for revealing my position with a bad story.
To clear up any misunderstandings, here are the facts:
Actor Lee Beom-soo has been in the church since 2014 and has taught students for 8 years. As a result of discussing with the school regarding the class schedule, we received an answer from the school that it is possible to hold classes on weekends rather than weekdays. Especially this year, there were cases where classes could not be held on weekdays due to the filming schedule for one drama and one movie, and there were also cases where the Academic Office could not be notified of the schedule in advance due to a sudden change in filming schedule.
For this, I asked for sufficient understanding from the students, and since then, I have been faithfully teaching through supplementary classes. We apologize for not being able to accommodate students’ individual learning schedules. Also, if communication with students regarding this part has been poor, we will reflect on that and improve it.
However, I have never discriminated against students or verbally abused them. Other allegations are also groundless.
Actor Lee Beom-soo is faithfully responding to the school’s investigation to find out the truth. We have already clarified the facts and other parts through investigations, and we will cooperate faithfully in the future.
Afterwards, we plan to take strong legal action against the spread and dissemination of false information about actor Lee Beom-soo.
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