The alleged victim claimed to have trained with the members.
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A post containing accusations of bullying against the aespa members has gone massively viral on social media, inviting scathing reactions.
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The allegations were made by an anonymous account through a series of private messages. The supposed victim claimed that they were a trainee at SM Entertainment and trained along with the aespa members. They claimed that the members were rude, especially. Giselle and Karina. They also accused Karina of swearing at them.
OP: Hello.
Yes, I used ot be a trainee at SM Entertainment.
I was a trainee for aespa.
The aespa members were very rude, especially Giselle and Karina.
Karina swore at me sometimes.
The post containing these anonymous allegations has quickly gone viral on social media, drawing over a million views.
كشفت متدربة سابقة من شركة إس إم إنترتينمنت، والتي تدربت مع فرقة إيسبا، أن عضوات الفرقة كنّ فظات للغاية معها، وخاصة جيزيل وكارينا. كما كشفت أنهن كنّ يوجهن لها الشتائم pic.twitter.com/ZR6fGGY3GG
— 🇰🇷Kwave (@theekwave) September 21, 2026
Netizens, however, are convinced that these are false allegations. Some Korean speakers also noted that the language seemed unnatural in those messages— more like something translated using a web tool.
the trainee: https://t.co/6SN8nE4iCX pic.twitter.com/UG4DWSJxv5
— 애리 💋 (@aerilowkey) September 22, 2026
this is possibly the fakest thing ive seen holyy https://t.co/Liuj64kSGU
— ً (@aestxtz) September 22, 2026
메시지 내용 읽어보니까 한국인이 아닌것같은데
너무 부자연스러운 구글 번역 말투인데 https://t.co/ZSBJBlmyrb
— 묻어남 (@_arumeruarumeru) September 22, 2026
After reading the content of the messages, it doesn’t seem like a Korean person. The tone feels way too unnatural, like Google Translate.
— The post above
u realize anyone could dm u pretending to be a trainee? lmaoo and we’ve seen ppl make fake bullying allegations a thousand times they’re never real https://t.co/Sb86QuD2oH
— iKeda charts & updates (@jnzllt) September 22, 2026
Meanwhile, aespa member Ningning recently drew attention with her visuals for a BVLGARI campaign.
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