Cha Eun-woo takes legal action vs false, malicious posts about him
Cha Eun-woo. Image: Instagram/@eunwo.o_c
Cha Eun-woo’s talent label, Fantagio, said it has already filed a complaint against those spreading false information and malicious posts about its artist.
Cha along with his fellow Astro members and other K-pop artists earlier released the tribute song “Moon” for their late bandmate Moonbin.
Some netizens then apparently targeted Cha and accused him of “using the deceased for profit,” as per remarks cited by Korean media outlet Koreaboo.
Fantagio then released a statement via Cha’s X page on Friday, April 25.
“We would like to inform you of the progress of our legal response to malicious posts and comments regarding our artist Cha Eun-woo,” it said in Korean. “Previously, we informed you that we would respond strongly to acts of spreading false information or writing malicious posts regarding our artist by abusing anonymity on SNS and various communities.”
“Accordingly, based on the results of our own monitoring and reports sent in by fans, we have compiled the spread of false information, defamation, malicious posts and comments regarding our artist Cha Eun-woo and submitted a complaint to the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul today (April 25),” it continued.
The talent management company further noted that they are conducting continuous monitoring and will take active legal action “against acts that infringe upon the rights of [their] artists, such as this incident.”
It also urged netizens to stop spreading false information and malicious posts about Cha.
“We will continue to do our best to protect our artists,” it added.
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— CHA EUN-WOO OFFICIAL (@CHAEUNWOO_offcl) April 25, 2025
Moonbin was found dead in his home in Gangnam district in Seoul, South Korea, in April 2023. He was 25.
Other artists who participated in making the tribute single for Moonbin were his sister, Moon Sua of Billlie; Viviz; Minhyuk, Kihyun and I.M of Monsta X; Hoshi, Wonwoo, Minkyu, Dogyeom and Seungkwan of Seventeen; Bang Chan of Stray Kids; and Chanhee of SF9.
