When the scandal erupted after K-pop star Ailee’s nude photos were leaked on the Internet, her agency, YMC Entertainment, said that the photos were taken four years ago when the singer was defrauded by a con artist who promised her a lucrative modeling deal for an underwear company. Many refused to believe the agency’s elaborate explanation, saying that it was a mere cover-up to salvage the the star’s image.
But the New York edition of the Korea Times reports that the police report for the scam was indeed filed in 2009, when Ailee, 20 at the time, resided in New Jersey. The copy of the report published by the newspaper shows that the scam was arranged via Facebook.
Ailee testified at the time that her close friend, only identified as Kim, spoke to her via Facebook’s chat option. Kim’s account was allegedly hacked by a third person at the time, but the conversation led to Ailee sending photos of her nude photos.
“Those photos were taken for a camera test after Ailee received a model casting offer for a famous American underwear company while she was living in the U.S.,” YMC Entertainment said in a statement when the scandal first broke. “Ailee was told that she needed to take the nude photos for an accurate examination of her body, and she agreed to take them under the belief that since it was for a famous underwear company, all information would be secure.”
Ailee reportedly contacted the police when she learned that the offer was a scam. YMC Entertainment added two weeks ago that Daniel Lee, Ailee’s boyfriend at the time who is accused of leaking the photos, asked her to see the photos, and she sent them to him.
