Following Jimin's announcement of her withdrawal from AOA and retiring from the entertainment industry after Kwon Mina's allegations of bullying, Shin Jimin has deleted every form of content from her YouTube channel.
Prior to the scandal, Jimin would regularly upload videos to her personal YouTube channel and use the platform to connect with fans. Her YouTube has had numerous guests, most notably AOA member and friend Kim Seolhyun. At the peak of the scandal, netizens had used a video that had featured Seolhyun as alleged evidence that the idol was a bystander to the bullying former member Mina had received from Jimin.
It appears that Jimin is choosing to retire from every aspect of the industry - including the online entertainment realm.
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Back in early July, Mina shared a post to her Instagram revealing she had chosen to leave AOA due to the bullying she received from a group member for 10 years. In the said post, Mina did not reveal which member had bullied her. After Mina's post went viral, former AOA member and then-leader Jimin posted a plain black photo with the word "Fiction" to her Instagram Story, subtly implying that Mina was not telling the truth. Following Jimin's Instagram story, Mina exposed Jimin as the one who bullied her and went on to say she had to endure a lot of pain due to the bullying.
One major incident Mina revealed was when her father had passed away. Though it was a hard time for her, she chose to push through with most of her activities, taking minimal days off, and making sure she didn't ruin the mood as to not anger Jimin. When Jimin's father passed away, however, she canceled all her activities and even had a VIP room at a hospital.
Soon after, the AOA members and their managers went to visit Mina to apologize to her. When there, Jimin allegedly threatened to end her life while wielding a knife and gave an insincere apology, according to Mina. After they visited Mina, Jimin shared a post to Instagram, saying she had apologized and begged for Mina's forgiveness. However, Mina denied this, saying that Jimin instead acted as if she had no recollection of the bullyings and ended up gaslighting her. Mina went on to say that the AOA members and the FNC Entertainment who have visited her had all sided with Jimin.
FNC Entertainment announced soon after that Jimin would be leaving the group and has decided to retire from the entertainment industry. On August 9, Sunday, FNC Entertainment released an official statement regarding the situation and apologizing to Mina. Their statement was met with backlash, as netizens believe the statement slightly implies that they had no wrongdoings in the situation.
On August 8, Mina's current agency (Woori Actors) confirmed that they called paramedics to her home after she shared a self-harm post to Instagram. The agency then confirmed that she is receiving emergency treatment and that her condition is non-life-threatening.
Three days after, Mina shared a post to her Instagram apologizing for her recent actions and promised to reflect on her actions and to receive treatment.
