[Picture] Lee Hyo-ri finally responds to plagiarism allegations

Lee Hyo-ri admitted the plagiarism allegations through her fan cafe on June 20, 2010.

She stated that the songs on her fourth album that were alleged to be composed by Bahnus Vacuum (group of singers who also compose) were not composed by that group. The group plagiarized the songs from other sources. Lee Hyo-ri continued by saying it is her fault because she didn’t suspect the group of committing such wrong actions. She added that she will try to solve the situation but until then, she will stop further promotions of the album.

Lee Hyo-ri has received plagiarism allegations ever since the release of her fourth album. She received in total six songs including “Swing”, “Bring It Back”, and “I’m Back” from Bahnus Vacuum. Once the plagiarism issues started escalating, Bahnus put up a defense saying that while some of them studied abroad, they gave several demo songs to other record labels. However, once down to the root of the situation, these statements were proven to be false.

Lee Hyo-ri clearly recognized that many songs in her fourth album were plagiarized publicly, and netizens are actually giving her praise for such honest actions. She apologized, admitted the wrong actions, and promised to take responsibility for them.

What more can she do?