스마트폰 메신저 대화가 최초 보도된 당시에는 소속사 YG엔터테인먼트(이하 YG)를 통해 “조작된 문자 메시지로 구성됐다”고 해명했고, 이는 유 전 대표도 마찬가지였다.
The very first time when the conversation on the messenger application was reported, he explained, ”The messages are manipulated,” via the company YG Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as YG) to which he belongs. Yoo the former representative said the same.