Another idol trainee says she was asked to send pics ‘without clothes’ even as a minor, names company as LPA Entertainment

Following an idol trainee under an unnamed company coming forward with the story that her CEO made trainees send him pictures in their underwear, another individual came forward on Twitter and named the company as LPA Entertainment. She described her experience with the company, which sounded similar to what the other trainee testified to and provided screenshots of text exchanges as evidence.

I was excited and happy for her, but I've wanted to be a Kpop idol so much since I was 10 years old. I sent a message to the company, did the first phase of the audition on instagram (i don't have any screenshots, since the company got deactivated)

— a! (@galaxyeyoung) August 23, 2022

the second phase was basically joining a group with 5 more girls, who were supposed to be members of AngelRus. we were making friends and interacting a lot, they were adorable

first image: Hi~~ A…^^
Are you fine? pic.twitter.com/OhLSfdxyYe

— a! (@galaxyeyoung) August 23, 2022

I even had a profile in the kakaotalk room, with my personal information, such as: name, age, nationality, height, weight and desired position in the group (rap, dancer, vocal)…

yes, im Brazilian. pic.twitter.com/UsnwHQpexk

— a! (@galaxyeyoung) August 23, 2022

I thought I got it wrong, so I asked for an example photo. and they sent me pictures of two AngelRus members, without clothes and with their body measurements next to them. pic.twitter.com/FAwfDqKQ7U

— a! (@galaxyeyoung) August 23, 2022

I sent the photos the same way. i couldn’t talk to them anymore then i felt dirty and insecure. I am only 16 years old. this is not done with minors.

please, don’t judge me. I’m a dream girl, i have a lot of dreams. it’s not my fault… pic.twitter.com/AbA8tv0Bta

— a (@galaxyeyoung) August 23, 2022

Backup

Yeah, when I read the initial story, this was a concern. Even though there wasn’t evidence yet that it was done to minors as well, given the typical ages of trainees it wasn’t a stretch to assume it was. Sure enough, it happened to this person.

Regardless, glad she came forward with this as it provides a look at how these types of companies can try and normalize utterly ridiculous and immoral requests. Hopefully she’s not been getting any backlash for coming forward as the company doing this is obviously in the wrong and is abusing their power.

Additionally, while I was wondering if this could actually help with the ongoing investigation, I saw a reply to her that alleges to be the writer of the previous exclusive, so I hope that’s legit and she can help with the case and/or the story.