Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon Was Complained for Assaulting a Friend

The Girls' Generation member has been reported to assault a friend while joking around It has been revealed that Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon was reported for assault.

Apr 1, 2014 03:45 PM BST

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It has been revealed that Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon was reported for assault. On April 1, news outlets revealed that an unknown Girls' Generation member has been reported to police by her male friend for hitting him, and It was later confirmed by SM Entertainment that it was Hyoyeon through an official statement.

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Reports have said, Hyoyeon and a male friend were kidding around when she unintentionally hit him in the face. Seoul's Yongsan District Police Department said that the Girls' Generation member and male friend 'B' were in a mutual friend's home located in the Yongsan District in Seoul at abouy 12:30AM on March 30 KST when the scene occurred. While joking around, Hyoyeon knocked B's hand away, which have hit his eye.

At that time, Hyoyeon was reported to have stated, "I'm going to fall to the first floor," and acted as if she was going to follow through when B attempted to stop her and was hit in the eye area. Angry after the incident, B quickly went to the Yongsan District Police Department where he complained her for assault. Both Hyoyeon and B has been investigated on the incident.

B told the police, "I reported her for hitting me when we were playing around, but thinking about it, I don't think she purposefully hit me." The police also said, "The man has no particular injury. We had to follow through because it was reported, but it was just a simple incident. It looks like it will be concluded as 'no wrongdoing' or 'no right to indict'."

Girls' Generation's agency SM Entertainment as issued their official statement as well: "Member Hyoyeon was with her acquaintances when she was joking around and hit a friend when their joking around went too far, and a misunderstanding arose. This situation came about when the incident was reported to the police station. She and the other party immediately resolved their misunderstanding and the incident has been concluded as a simple 'happening'. They were told not to play around too harshly by the police, and she will be careful not to do anything that will cause misunderstanding in the future."