NCT Struggles With THESE Aftermaths Even After Members Cut Ties With Taeil Amid Sex Offense Case

Taeil departed from NCT amid his sexual crime investigation. However, the remaining members were left to face the aftermaths of his case, even after they already cut ties with him.

(Photo : Taeil, NCT 127 (News1))

On Aug. 28th, SM Entertainment broke the news that Taeil is no longer an NCT member after finding out that he was being investigated for a serious sexual offense.

Despite the agency's seemingly attempt to control the damage to protect NCT, the remaining members are facing awful consequences for the things they have no involvement in after their solo activities got canceled one by one.

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Jaehyun, who dropped his first album "J" on the 26th, announced the stoppage of his much-awaited solo schedules, including his fan signing event on this day (Aug. 29th) with Soundwave.

Mark and Haechan also delivered the news that their fan calls for the DREAM( )SCAPE album set this Friday will be postponed, as per SM Entertainment's request. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

— NCT JAEHYUN PH | 𝓙 OUT NOW (@NCTJAEHYUNPH) August 28, 2024 — mari ◡̈ (@markzcity) August 28, 2024

When the news was unveiled to the public, NCT 127's current members Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Mark, Haechan, and Jungwoo all unfollowed Taeil on social media.

Not only did the remaining NCT 127 members cut ties with the idol but even other sub-units, including NCT Dream and WayV, also unfollowed Taeil one by one.

NCT members and NCT official accounts have unfollowed TAEIL on social media. pic.twitter.com/gPk6LpC0zD

— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) August 28, 2024

lucas left nct but even till this day they didn't unfollow him but this man not even a day they dah unfollow just menunjukkan what this man did is unforgivable and unacceptable, the disappointment the members might have felt.... https://t.co/SVrErCIald

— ʚ ara na ɞ (@princejaemine) August 28, 2024

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It is especially noteworthy that some members unfollowed not only Taeil but all the NCT members they had been following.

While the celebrity is still considered an artist under SM Entertainment, he was no longer on the following list of SMTOWN, and all of his photos, videos, and other traces of him on SNS were deleted.

— Hourly Taeil (@HourlyTaeil) August 28, 2024 — 🇨🇦Ay탤 (@AyTaeil_Canada) August 28, 2024

More than NCT, Taeil's fan masters had shut down, and from having a social media followers of about 6 million, it decreased by about 700k overnight.

Taeil debuted as a member of NCT in 2016 and performed as the main vocalist, singing highlight parts in major songs. He was also a member of the sub-units, NCT U and NCT 127, and was known for being in charge of the vocal part who led the team's tone.

With his departure, NCT is expected to readjust their future comeback and album release schedules.

Taeil is the second member to leave NCT after Lucas.

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Written by Eunice Dela Cruz