On February 23 KST, a stylist 'A' exposed an idol star for not returning over 300 pairs of designer shoes.

'A' wrote on Instagram, "You'd better send every single pair. Why are they not giving them back? Just buy them with your own money. I was trying to organize all of the shoes that I'm missing these past few days. They really took a crap load. You want nice things and you have no common sense and it's been over 6 months since you said you'd return them but when are you going to give them back. I hate ranting on Instagram like this too so get on it before I reveal your identity." 

According to 'A', an idol star allegedly borrowed over 300 pairs of designer shoes, such as 'Nike' and other brand names, and has not returned them despite 'A's requests to have them back. 'A' also accused the idol of "having plenty of money" and "acting like a nice person in public".

Afterward, some netizens speculated that the idol accused by stylist 'A' was EXO's Suho.

On February 24 KST, SM Entertainment issued an official statement to deny the rumors that Suho was the idol accused by 'A', and warned, "The social media post currently being spread online claiming that Suho is the suspected individual in the accusations is entirely baseless and completely false, and Suho is wholly unrelated to such accusations. We have begun preparations for a defamation lawsuit against whoever is responsible for spreading such content with clearly malicious intentions, content which would lead others to suspect our agency artist. We will continue to respond with strong legal action to all accounts of baseless rumor spreading."