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 'Idol School' Manipulation Kim Tae-eun CP Returns to Work at Mnet Fromis_9 fears disbandment Executive Producer (CP) Kim Tae-eun, who was sentenced to over a year in prison for manipulating the voting rankings of Mnet's "Idol School," is reportedly still employed by Mnet.  Mnet rehired CP Kim Tae-eun after she was released from prison in February 2022. This was another surprise for viewers who assumed that she would have left or been fired. CP Kim Tae Eun was indicted in July 2020 for allegedly tampering with the voting for the previous episode of "Idol School. He initially denied all allegations, but as the investigation expanded and evidence surfaced, he eventually admitted to the manipulation and was taken into custody the following June, with the remainder of his sentence completed after serving eight months in prison. "Idol School," which aired in 2017, is the audition program that created the girl group Fromis_9 (now known as Pledis under HYB...

 CJ ENM apologizes for rehiring PD Ahn Jun-young for 'manipulating Produce Series' "Misjudgment" CJ ENM has apologized for rehiring PD Ahn Joon-young, who was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 37 million won for manipulating the rankings of Mnet's audition program "Produce 101," saying it was a "wrong decision" after criticism. "The decision to give him a chance to make up for his past mistakes did not meet society's standards of fairness," CJ ENM said in a statement on Friday. "We apologize to the many people who love Mnet and to our employees who have been working silently with the pride of being the best content company," the company said. "We humbly accept our shortcomings in hiring standards and will quickly correct the issues that have been revealed to prevent similar incidents from happening again." The company has not terminated Ms. Ahn, who has already been rehired. At this time, Ahn PD has no...

 'Produce 101 Rigging' PD Ahn Joon-young rejoins Mnet  one year after release from prison  PD Ahn Jun-young, who was sentenced to prison for rigging Mnet's "Produce 101," has reportedly rejoined Mnet.  Mnet is giving him one more chance, considering his sincere desire to reform. Mnet announced today (March 3) that "PD Ahn Jun-young, who left the company last year, has rejoined the company," explaining the reasoning behind the rejoining, saying, "We decided to give PD Ahn another chance in light of his sincere reflection on his past mistakes and his desire to play a role in restoring trust between Mnet and individuals." This comes more than a year and five months after he was released from prison in November 2021 after serving a prison sentence for leading the manipulation of the audition program "Produce" series. Although Mnet said it accepted Ahn's reinstatement out of consideration for his will, viewers who were deceived by the ...