AOA's leader Jimin leaves the group following allegations of abuse and bullying. Photo: Official Team AOA/Instagram
According to Korean entertainment news portal Soompi, AOA's management FNC Entertainment said on Saturday that Jimin, 29,"has decided to leave AOA and halt all of her activities in the entertainment industry".This means that AOA, originally an eight-member group, is now down to four members. She also said that Jimin, whose father died in April this year of a heart attack, was allowed to take time off her activities to be with her family.
She said that due to the stress and anxiety caused by Jimin, she attempted suicide multiple times and posted a photo of scars on her wrists as evidence.