Lawsuit Filed Against Jungkook In Fair Trade Commission

02 Oct 2021

A Lawsuit has recently been filed against the South Korean boyband BTS's member Jungkook to the Fair Trade Commission after he was accused of practicing backdoor advertising.

The lawsuit was filed by a netizen against the singer claiming that he had a stake in the stocks for the company Six6uys, yet the singer worn the shirt on broadcasts without explicitly stating so. The netizen has alleged that the move could result in a manipulation of the profits given his influence on consumers. The netizen in the complaint stated:

Six6uys launched the clothing brand, Graffiti On Mind early September this year and Jungkook wore the brand’s shirt on broadcast. A few days later, he wore the same shirt in a different color in a selfie uploaded to Twitter and Weverse. BTS is a top boy group that represents South Korea and has an astronomical status. Even if Jungkook did not personally share a review of the product or ask fans to buy it after uploading the photo to social media, just by giving the brand exposure often, he could cause a raise in the profits beyond imagination. As such, this is an incident that could detriment a fair and free market and this is something that the Fair Trade Commission also strictly prohibits. I request that the Fair Trade Commission look into the matter carefully.

Ever since the accusation was made against the BTS's Jungkook, the ARMY has been urging Big Hit Music Labels to protect him.The hastag 'Protect Jungkook' on was treding on Twitter to support the singer.

Following his resignation from the post of president in his brother's company, the accusations on BTS's Jungkook was surfaced. According to a report from Korean outlet Biz Hankook, the singer was the internal director of his brother Jeon Jung-Hyun’s brand Six6uys. 

Jungkook has resigned from his post in the company recently. The singer had taken to his social media to post a picture of him wearing a purple sweatshirt from the company which had resulted in his fans buying the apparel. 

 

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