Actor Cha Ye-ryun. [Yonhap]
Actor Cha Ye-ryun. [Yonhap]

Actor Cha Ye-ryun, who has strongly denied school violence allegations, has removed group-buy links from her social media profile.

Promotional text and purchase links for kimchi-jjim and aprons that Cha had been running on her social media profile disappeared recently, according to the entertainment industry Thursday. Only a link to her personal YouTube channel remains.

Some observers speculated the removal was a move to manage public perception, given that it came after the school violence allegations surfaced.

Her agency HB Entertainment drew a line against such interpretations Wednesday, saying the links were taken down because the group-buy sales period had ended and that the contract with the company remains in place.

The allegations emerged late last month when a post appeared on an online community claiming the author had been assaulted and bullied during school by an actress born in 1985. Cha was identified as the person in question.

Shortly after the allegations surfaced, Cha's side pushed back, calling them "clearly groundless" and vowing to pursue legal action without leniency against what it described as the malicious spread of false information and personal attacks, adding that it had already begun gathering relevant materials.


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