Kim Garam opens up for the first time since leaving Le Sserafim three weeks ago

Article: Former Le Sserafim member Kim Garam shares photo of school violence committee photos and expresses feelings for the first time

Source: Insight via Instagram

1. [+704] The committee gave her a level 5 judgment and yet she's claiming that she never hit someone???

2. [+329] What trash is she saying ใ…กใ…ก why is she even revealing this as if it's anything to be proud of?

3. [+507] Whatever the case, jal-garam (farewell)

4. [+253] Just a super long way of her trying to say that she did nothing wrong..

5. [+509] As a teacher who used to work on the school violence committee... level 1 is the lowest judgment, which makes level 5 one of the higher punishments

6. [+420] "I have no intention of hating who I was back then"?? Wow... For a "normal" student to receive a level 5, there's just no way. Is she really calling this an apology statement right now?

7. [+145] Just reflect, that's the only thing left for you to do now

8. [+190] We're good. Don't ever dream of coming back to the celebrity industry again because no one wants to see you. How dare you think you can bury your past and debut without a proper apology to your victims?

9. [+49] Why is she doing this now?

10. [+73] A level 5 means even the parents are called in for proper education.. it's not a judgment that's made that easily

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Source: Insight via Instagram

1. [+229] Does she really think a committee would pass a level 5 judgment just because the student "swore a bit"? You can tell just from the photos we've already seen of her school years that she wasn't your average student... ๐Ÿ˜‚

2. [+161] I get that she wasn't a model student herself but I'm thinking the kid claiming to be her victim wasn't quite normal either. I'd be pissed as hell too if someone posted photos of my friend in her underwear.

3. [+332] She calls herself a normal student but what normal student would write all that stuff on the chalk board and make those hand signs for photos..??

4. [+34] It's hard to tell whether the friend who got her photo taken in her underwear was a candid photo or it was taken intentionally... But I remember when all of this was going down, none of her friends showed up to defend her or take her side. I don't know... I just know that receiving a level 5 is really bad and that something really violent had to have happened.

5. [+6] So I went to her account and read up on everything and it seems like the victim Yoo Eun Seo went around with other middle school boys talking crap about Kim Garam and her group of friends and acting like the queen bee before sharing a photo of Kim Garam's friend in her underwear that she obtained by using another friend's account. That's actually a crime in itself, though I'm sure the Juvenile Act would protect her considering her age at the time.. and it's understandable at that age that Kim Garam would've been angry to see her friend humiliated like that and tried to act on her behalf. As for the school committee, they likely saw this as a situation between a large group vs a small group and took more to the story of the smaller group and the fear or torture they may have felt at the hands of the larger group and decided their judgment based off of that. All things considered, it does seem like the victim deserved what happened to them, but as for Kim Garam, I don't think it's appropriate for an idol or public figure to remain in the public eye with a past of her other Facebook photos and comments alluding to s*xual thins. 

6. [+32] So the stuff that went down with Yoo Eun Seo was basically a fight between iljins. Kim Garam and her friends, however, bullied someone 8:1 which is what she received a level 5 over. What's funny is that the initial victim isn't Yoo Eun Seo but someone else. But everyone thought it was Yoo Eun Seo so Kim Garam's friends went after her online, causing Yoo Eun Seo to hire a law firm and legally expose her. Yoo Eun Seo is not the first person who posted on Nate Pann with the photos, it was actually someone who used to be a member of Kim Garam's group that they ended up bullying and harassing out. What Kim Garam's clarifying is a completely different situation because there's more to the story...

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Source: Idol Issue via Instagram

1. [+437] So you claim that you only swore at them but you received a level 5? ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹

2. [+371] You only "swore" but received a level 5...? Are you joking?

3. [+448] So you're claiming that you didn't do anything but somehow got involved with the school violence committee...? What a joke

4. [+338] So what's her play here? Test the public's reaction before trying to come back??

5. [+332] It does sound like Kim Garam wasn't the only one at fault in the entire situation... I don't think it's normal for any student to share another student's underwear photo...

6. [+77] I read her post until the end and I'm failing to see how she can claim that she was a "normal middle school student"... What normal middle school student verbally harasses someone for three hours with a group of their friends...? 

7. [+90] I think any normal student in Korea would agree that other normal students don't post or share photos like that on Facebook??

8. [+119] So she's a normal student but she draws d*cks on the chalkboard and takes photos with it.. misuses words about the disabled... talks about s*x partners.. And she "only swore" at someone but received a level 5..

9. [+16] She claims she never hit someone or used physical violence ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ but I'm sure you used a lot of verbal violence ^^ Seems like she was quite the popular iljin back then, I wonder how many people you harassed and bullied~~

10. [+12] Hmm.. not sure why Kim Garam is getting hate. I think the other party should be thankful that they only got sworn at instead of any physical violence for all that they did to provoke it.

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