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Members of OMEGA X<\/a> have spoken up in regards to the abuse they allegedly endured below company SPIRE Entertainment<\/a> and its detrimental influence on their psychological well being.<\/p>\n The Ok-pop boyband held a press convention yesterday (November 16) alongside their authorized counsel the place their 11 members personally aired allegations of abuse and sexual harassment towards the company\u2019s ex-CEO Kang Seong-hee, who’s accused of \u201cthreatening, assaulting and exploiting\u201d members of the group previously yr since their debut.<\/p>\n OMEGA X\u2019s attorneys shared plans to press expenses towards Kang<\/a> and revealed that they’ve utilized to nullify the group\u2019s current unique contract with SPIRE.<\/p>\n Claims concerning Kang first surfaced final month after the conclusion of OMEGA X\u2019s \u2018Connect: Don\u2019t Give Up\u2019 US tour. Korean outlet SBS News\u00a0<\/em>revealed video clips that reportedly depict Kang verbally abusing and manhandling members<\/a> exterior the live performance venue and of their resort foyer in Los Angeles. The band launched a brand new, unbiased Instagram account<\/a> shortly after the clips went viral, the place they claimed they had been topic to \u201cunwarranted treatment\u201d from SPIRE.<\/p>\n Kang beforehand denied the allegations to SBS<\/em>. SPIRE later issued a proper apology<\/a> and concurrently introduced the resignation of \u201cthe CEO responsible for this matter\u201d. The firm has but to reply on the most recent allegations aired by OMEGA X and their attorneys in the course of the press convention. NME\u00a0<\/em>has reached out to SPIRE Entertainment for remark.<\/p>\n In the press convention, OMEGA X\u2019s members spoke on how their psychological well being deteriorated because of the alleged abuse, per a report from Korea JoongAng Daily<\/a>,<\/em> and said they consider different Ok-pop hopefuls and idols are dealing with comparable therapy behind the scenes.<\/p>\n \u201cI really tried to endure it,\u201d member Hangyeom informed press of the alleged abuse and mistreatment. \u201cSince this was my second debut, I didn\u2019t want to make fans hear the word \u2018disband\u2019. So I just picked up the phone whenever Kang, drunk, would call me all the time; during our schedules and even late at night after work.\u201d (All members of OMEGA X had been in numerous, now-disbanded boy teams previous to their re-debut collectively.)<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever I got home, I became anxious that Kang would call any minute,\u201d Hangyeom continued. \u201cI ultimately couldn\u2019t take it anymore and began going to a psychiatric clinic. In reality, even now, after I hear a cellphone ring or vibrate, or something remotely like an alarm, I panic. Even earlier than beginning psychiatric therapy, I had many events after I couldn\u2019t breathe due to her infinite calling and verbal abuse.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce, when another panic attack happened, I told Kang that I couldn\u2019t breathe. She mocked me saying, \u2018Oh, are we going to see articles that say \u2018OMEGA X becomes a 10-member band because Hangyeom has panic disorder?\u2019 I was shocked by that.\u201d<\/p>\n Other bandmates additionally alleged that the abuse they confronted whereas below SPIRE\u2019s administration didn’t finish with Kang. \u201cNot just Kang, but also employees and managers yelled insults at us and gaslit us,\u201d Jaehan, who’s the chief of OMEGA X, stated. \u201cAnd during the recent world tour, we were physically assaulted by them too.\u201d Yechan additionally recalled that \u201canother high[er]-up at our agency told us [to] \u2018die\u2019 in the group chat while we were touring South America.\u201d<\/p>\n OMEGA X additionally stated they consider the verbal and bodily abuse they confronted was not an remoted incident distinctive to the group nor SPIRE. \u201cI know not every agency is like that, but I think a lot of K-pop trainees and even current idols are being treated unfairly,\u201d Taedong stated.<\/p>\n \u201cI practiced 15 to 17 hours a day without a single day off. They confiscated my phone and forced me to share my passwords,\u201d he alleged of the company he was with earlier than SPIRE. \u201cThere was abuse in my old agency too,\u201d Hangyeom added. \u201cI wasn\u2019t beaten but other members were, at the office or even during tours.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the press convention, Japanese media firm SKIYAKI, which holds the license for OMEGA X\u2019s actions in Japan, introduced yesterday that it’s going to now not be working with SPIRE transferring ahead. SKIYAKI stated it \u201chas determined that SPIRE\u2026 has committed a serious compliance violation. We have decided to terminate our exclusive contract with SPIRE,\u201d the corporate wrote on the group\u2019s Japanese web site<\/a>. NME\u00a0<\/em>has reached out to SPIRE Entertainment for remark.<\/p>\nFor assist and recommendation on psychological well being:<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n