On the 20th, an insider from Mnet informed Starnews that ŌĆ£High School Rapper 4ŌĆśs contestant Kang Hyun has decided to depart from the show.ŌĆØ They added, ŌĆ£the production crew has confirmed with the cast himself after noticing the Internet postings about Kang Hyun. He informed us of his position to drop out of the program, saying sorry for causing an issue.ŌĆØ Suspicions and controversy about Kang HyunŌĆÖs sexual violence arose on the 19th after a netizen claimed to be a victim of his, on an online community. Kang Hyun has been appearing on High School Rapper 4 as one of the 40 contestants. A post was made on to an online community titled ŌĆ£I am a victim of **** by High School Rapper 4ŌĆÖs Tendo (K.H.)ŌĆØ The original poster claimed that they are a victim of Kang HyunŌĆÖs sexual violence. In the summer of 2018, Kang Hyun had asked them to drink together, and though a student at the time, they followed him as they were curious. The OP continued that they were later sexually violated in Kang HyunŌĆÖs studio. The mentioned post raised suspicions of Kang Hyun, and thus became more controversial as it spread through various online communities and SNS. ŌĆ£The production team had several in-depth meetings with 40 contestants before the show began. However, we were not made aware of Kang HyunŌĆÖs issue in the process,ŌĆØ the insider said. Finally, they ended by saying that the production team decided to edit out all of the recorded clips related to Kang Hyun. ŌĆ£We apologize for the inconvenience to viewers,ŌĆØ they said. ┬Ā Source (1)
