Singer Jang Woo-hyuk, a former member of the group HOT, sued two former employees alleging that he was verbally abused and assaulted.
Jang Woo-hyuk’s agency, WH CREATIVE, said in an official statement on the 19th, “After meeting with many officials I worked with at the time and checking the facts, it was confirmed that the contents of the disclosure were not true.” I have defamed my reputation by posting what I wrote.”
A representative of the agency said, “On the 7th, in order to hold legally responsible for the person who spread false information regarding Jang Woo-hyuk through community bulletin boards, etc. and damaged his reputation by taking advantage of his anonymity, he violated the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection on the 7th. ), filed a complaint and formally commissioned a police investigation.”
An official from the Gangnam Police Station said, “The accuser (Jang Woo-hyuk) has already completed the investigation.”
Previously, employees who worked for an entertainment company run by Jang Woo-hyuk posted on an online community post regarding verbal abuse and violence by him.
Employee A, who worked at this company in 2014, said on the 9th of last month, “I didn’t hire a manager, so I went with him to an outdoor shoot in midsummer, but he noticed even buying snacks and asked me to drink water. During filming, I didn’t receive any notice, so I starved myself.”
Another employee, Mr. B, claimed, “I was on a business trip to Qingdao, China in 2014, and while I was moving to a Korean restaurant, I was hit in the head with a hand in a leather glove in a taxi.
Reporter Lee Mina Hankyung.com helper@hankyung.com
