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▲This photo, provided by Hook Entertainment, shows Lee Seung-gi. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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| ▲This photo,provided by Hook Entertainment, shows CEO Kwon Jin-young. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, December 22 (Yonhap) -- Lee Seung-gi, a singer and actor, sued several people, including Kwon Jin-young, CEO of Hook Entertainment, and executives, for concealing a portion of his income made from music and advertising.
Lee Seung-gi sued CEO Kwon and the executive in charge of finance at the prosecution service of Seoul on Thursday morning on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment for certain economic crimes, according to his attorney.
Lee Seung-gi's side claimed, "Hook concealed the incomes made out of music from Lee Seung-go for about 18 years, and they never made the settlements."
Lee Seung-gi is assuming that Hook also hid part of the income made from his advertisements.
Lee Seung-gi's side said, "It was known to me that about 10% of the advertising model fee has been paid to the advertising agency under the name of 'agent fee', but in reality, Hook's former and current directors seem to have shared some of the agency fee without paying it to the advertising agency."
Hook finally admitted the fact on December 16, when Lee Seung-gi raised the issue, and paid 630 million won for advertising fees and the delayed interest.
Lee Seung-gi's attorney sued Hook's CEO, Kwon, and three former and current directors, including A, on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Earlier, Hook transferred around 4.81 billion won without any communication with Lee Seung-gi on December 16 for the unsettled income he made and filed a confirmation lawsuit to confirm that there is no remaining settlement left.
"The unsettled money is not the reason I am undergoing a law suit against Hook; it is because it is inappropriate to spend the money someone has made with sweat in an unjust way just because of someone's greed," Lee Seung-gi stated at the time.
Lee Seung-gi's attorney revealed, "We knew from a media release that Hook filed a law suit, and we haven't received the written complaint."
"There is a big gap between the amount of money Hook settled without reaching out to Lee Seung-gi and the amount of money Lee Seung-gi figued," the attorney continued, "and we will respond to Hook's confirmation lawsuit while also filing a counterclaim (counter-suit) to claim unpaid music fee settlement and sue for damages for illegal acts against Hook and related parties."
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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