[enter-talk] THE TRUTH ABOUT YOON SEOBIN'S SCHOOL VIOLENCE HAS BEEN REVEALED. (WITH THE TEACHER'S TESTIMONY)

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[enter-talk] THE TRUTH ABOUT YOON SEOBIN'S SCHOOL VIOLENCE HAS BEEN REVEALED. (WITH THE TEACHER'S TESTIMONY)

Posted on May 15, 2019

 

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Hello, this is Yoon Seobin's gallery.

Yoon Seobin did smoke and drink while underage but he never committed school violence.
This post is not to defend Yoon Seobin's past. Minors smoking cigarettes and drinking is a mistake and he should reflect. But now, the public is viewing Yoo Seobin as someone who was violent in school, and the issue has been exaggerated. So we are writing to clarify the rumors surrounding his school violence rumors


1. The articles that exposed him
At first, there were two posts that caused the scandal to blow up


The first one is from Naver Cafe. This post was taken down within 24 hours. The article did not explain the school violence clearly and it was very one-sided. There were a lot of triggering words like "he was an iljin ever since middle school", etc.

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The second post was posted on DC Inside. The user with the same IP address also wrote many posts on DC Inside's sections on baseball and Produce X 101.

The post talked about how a 'school violence committee' was formed because of Yoon Seobin in middle school. It was even written that parents had to come and he had to apologize to them.

These two posts were spread and the public started seeing Yoon Seobin as a violent character.
However, the writer of these posts used words like '-deonde' and '-deora' which are usually used to describe uncertain events.

2. Testimony of the sports coach

"I wasn't very close with Byungwhi (Seobin's previous name) (...) he was not the type of kid to hit and harm others. (...) Seeing the posts that were uploaded, they are not true so I'm frustrated seeing how they were written as if they were the truth."


Yoon Seobin was in the rugby team during his 2nd and 3rd year of middle school.
(Picture of Yoon Seobin and his coach)
Even after that, testimonies of his acquaintances and fellow alumni continued to emerge.
We thought that with these 'positive clarifications', the rumors would disappear.

We were able to contact the people who were acquainted with him during his school days and so we are writing this post without exaggeration.
We have contacted his rugby teacher and confirmed the truth.
The below is our conversation with the rugby teacher.


Teacher:
- I will only stick to the facts. Byungwhi wasn't violence at our school.
- The stories saying how he was an iljin are ridiculous
- He was a pretty popular friend!!!
- I hope that you can help our Byungwhi
- Our Byungwhi was not affiliated with iljins from neither our school or from Gwangju
- Also, I think that having friends who like you and who doesn't like you at school is a normal thing
- Byungwhi wasn't someone who would associate himself with bad people


The post below was a call interview with his teacher
"Byungwhi wasn't violent in school"
"The Byungwhi we knew wasn't someone who would hang out with the iljins. He would even dress up as a woman and dance during school festivals. He was good at dancing and singing. Byungwhi was a mischievous kid."
"(Asking if it's ok to reveal his name) I was the one who taught Byungwhi so it doesn't matter."

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Proof of the call with the rugby teacher

3. Testimonies from the alumnis

"He wasn't violent in school"
"Victims? There are no kids who were victims. It's the media and SNS who framed him like that."

We have also called someone from his school and we wanted to know about the atmosphere in the classrooms.
This is what the alumni shared.


Alumni:
- (About the school violence) this is seriously ridiculous
- What's with the "everyone in Gwanju knows about it"?
- He did have some rumors among other female students from other schools since he was handsome
- The thing about him being famous for being violent is false

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Another testimony from someone who went to middle school with him
(Saying how he was popular among sunbaes and hoobaes so there are pictures of him like that + talking about helping kids who got hurt during gym class + definitely was not violent at school)


(Another chat with an alumni saying he wasn't violent)

Other testimonies from his acquaintances



4. Clarification about him withdrawing from school and the school book controversy

A. Withdrawal controversy
After his controversy, people were saying how he withdrew from school to change his name but it's not true.


"He quit school because of school violence?
He left because he got cast by SM during his 2nd year of high school"

Yoon Seobin was cast by SM and wasseen in 2017 at the EXO concert wearing a white mask.


B. The school book controversy

"Especially violent / Byungwhi-yah, stop harassing Jungmin-ie. He says that he doesn't want to live anymore."
Actually, Shin Jungmin was the class president and he was the one who wrote it. He also wrote the post below. He said himself that Yoon Seonbin was a very close friend of him.


"I wrote the line above because I'm close with Byungwhi and I wrote it as a joke."

Katalk chat:
Friend: Jungmin-ah, explain this
Jungmin: I was the one who wrote itã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹
Friend: ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Jungmin-ah, reply

"Byungwhi was always smiling and worked hard.
I and my friends were supporting Byungwhi so this incident is unfortunate."


C. Name change controversy

There was an interview with Yoon Seobin after he was kicked out and he talked about his reason for dropping out of school (SM casting) and said that he doesn't have a record of school violence.
He also clarified that the reason for his name change was because he was preparing to become a celebrity.

 

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ã…‡3ã…‡ |2019.05.15 19:13 ì‹ ê³ í•˜ê¸° It's true that he should receive criticism for smoking and drinking ㅇㅇ but his school violence rumors weren't even confirmed but the people swearing at him as if they were confirmed were so severe and I acknowledge that. I felt like they were driving this kid to the corner to the point of no return

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  ㅇㅇ |2019.05.15 19:10 ì‹ ê³ í•˜ê¸° It wasn't right to drink and smoke but the rumors about his school violence were just not right. The fact that it was the hot topics and how it blew up was out of proportionsã… ã…  it even went on the news, what to do?ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… 

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  ㅇㅇ |2019.05.15 19:09 ì‹ ê³ í•˜ê¸° I've seen many testimonies saying that he wasn't violent but I think that the controversy just blew out of proportions... Even his teachers had to speak up..

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  ㅇㅇ |2019.05.15 19:24 ì‹ ê³ í•˜ê¸° His apology letter was such a shameã… ã…  his mentality must have been all shattered but he had to put everything aside and still apologize

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  í¬ë‡¨ë‡¨ |2019.05.15 19:16 ì‹ ê³ í•˜ê¸° The OP's analysis... it could be considered the "It Show'-level...

 

[Drama Drama Drama]

Rugbiers with their "bond group" attitude are cocky and dumb.

I used to like rugbiers boys until I saw they are bullies without solution.

In my country rugbiers have reputation of bullies, elitist and sociopats.

They are rich bad boys.

Respect to YSB case it's so confusing. But teenagers with bad past in high school will be burned sns with rumor of their past if they will be part of that perfect world called idol.

[BeatrixKiddo]

I doubt JYPE would have booted him had they not confirmed that there was truth to the rumors. 

[Lamington]

what a mess

[CHARANGDAN]

from his apology article

 

 

About the claims of him being a school bully, Yun Seo Bin responded, “I apologize. Regardless of the reason, it is wrong to have caused that situation, so I apologize.†When asked if the victims have gotten in touch with him to ask him to apologize, he said that they have not.

[felidae]

I doubt JYPE would have booted him had they not confirmed that there was truth to the rumors.

But there were truths about him drinking and smoking underage and it's more than enough to "cancel" someone in sk.

So what's the truth about his school violence

[kimchi-nyoen]

I knew my boy was innocent

[MoonDuDu]

that's fucked up poor guy

[12345nanananana]

If it true that he only smoke n drink underage but not bully anyone I feel sorry for him. He so young and have a dream.

[BeatrixKiddo]

But there were truths about him drinking and smoking underage and it's more than enough to "cancel" someone in sk.

So what's the truth about his school violence

 

But I doubt they would've booted him for that considering they still have idols who've gotten DUI's on their roster. 

[felidae]

But I doubt they would've booted him for that considering they still have idols who've gotten DUI's on their roster.

Nickhun (was it?) was/is super popular artist back then, it would be a big loss if they lost him. This guy is just a mere trainee.

But idk. If him being bully was a lie/aggregation, I am sorry for shitting him. If that part was true, well.

[CandyCane23049]

But I doubt they would've booted him for that considering they still have idols who've gotten DUI's on their roster. 

They were already well established and not trainees though.

[gore]

But I doubt they would've booted him for that considering they still have idols who've gotten DUI's on their roster.

 

You’re comparing kicking out established idols vs a trainee... kicking out a trainee is a lot easier and involves less mess.

[Gilraen92]

I'm utterly confused. Where were these people then when Seobin/Byunghwi was being accused by SEVERAL people that were supposed victims of him? Why didn't they come in his defense when he was still in the show and could've had a chance? And why did he write an apology letter and said he was sorry for hurting other people? I don't know what to believe anymore, but if it was really false, that's totally horrible for him and he should be given another chance in other company or something.

[CandyCane23049]

I'm utterly confused. Where were these people then when Seobin/Byunghwi was being accused by SEVERAL people that were supposed victims of him? Why didn't they come in his defense when he was still in the show and could've had a chance? And why did he wrote an apology letter and said he was sorry for hurting other people? I don't know what to believe anymore, but if it was really false, that's totally horrible for him and he should be given another chance in other company or something.

It was things out defended him but people dismiss them and said why should they believe it. 

[LaJetée]

But I doubt they would've booted him for that considering they still have idols who've gotten DUI's on their roster.

 

Jype’s whole “good character†thing is an image above all, regardless of whether the allegations were true or not this kid’s future prospects were ruined, jype more than likely didn’t kick him out because of principles, the company probably just found he wasn’t worth the trouble to hang on to like their other artists who’ve fucked up.

[Nofave]

Well. Too late now I guess but if this is true that’s kinda unfair considering countless idols even top idols smoked and drinked underage

We have so many iconic pics of them

[Gilraen92]

It was things out defended him but people dismiss them and said why should they believe it. 

 

But I mean all these testimonies with teachers/coaches included and not simply some people claiming to be his friends. If this had been released before, he probably wouldn't even have been kicked out of the show and the company.

[BeatrixKiddo]

Jype’s whole “good character†thing is an image above all, regardless of whether the allegations were true or not this kid’s future prospects were ruined, jype more than likely didn’t kick him out because of principles, the company probably just found he wasn’t worth the trouble to hang on to like their other artists who’ve fucked up.

 

Das true, trainees are a dime a dozen. 

[Nero_Kpop]

I'm always curious who are the people slandering and if there is a typical profile for these people

[beagles]

poor kid, hope he get better future career

[doridori]

he was still a illegal person he used alcohol when he was 14 and smoke too. probably rumors are real.

[K(ai)POP]

Wow

[Haze]

Like someone mentioned there was probably some truth to it which is why he made a vague ass apology but not to the horrible degree people claimed it to be.

 

One person was confirmed to have impersonated someone when hopping on the whole fiasco so it’s not clear which peers were telling the truth or not. But his career was over before it started, so it makes sense JYPE would drop him either way. They didn’t want to risk it for a trainee they wouldn’t profit from anytime soon lol

[seunghyun choi]

Welp wonder if all the people here demonizing this kid will apologize? They won't they often disappear into silence if proven wrong about something. This is a lesson in not believing everything at face value the second you see it.