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“So far, 2.3 billion won has been spent on legal fees.”
This was said by Min Hee-jin, the former CEO of Adore who is involved in a legal dispute with parent company Hive over Adore’s management rights, during a speech at the “2024 Hyundai Carda Vinci Motel” event. Former CEO Min Hee-jin said, “I plan to sell my house to pay for the lawsuit,” adding, “I heard from lawyers that Hive seems to have developed a strategy to continue filing frivolous lawsuits. Block Hive responded. Still, “I’m thankful I don’t have a husband or kids,” she said, looking forward to her legal victory.
In May last year, Hive accused former CEO Min Hee-jin of breach of trust and said it planned to fire Adore CEO. At that time, the legal community responded: “To convict Min Hee-jin of breach of trust, her behavior must have harmed Adol’s interests, but isn’t the crime difficult to establish?” Former CEO Min Hee-jin fought back and applied for a temporary injunction from Hive , prohibiting it from exercising its voting rights, the court ruled in favor of former CEO Min Hee-jin, saying: “If Hive violates the temporary injunction to exercise its voting rights, according to the decision, CEO Min Hee-jin will pay 20 billion “We have to compensate for the indirect mandatory fine of won,” he said.
The law firm Hive chose was Kim & Chang, which is considered one of the best law firms in South Korea. Because of this, some people said, “It is impossible for Jin Jang not to know this situation” and “Isn’t the real winner Jin Jang who was entrusted?” As the incident continues, the weight of these opinions is increasing.
Shin Dae-sik, a lawyer at Sinda Law Firm, wrote on his blog: “Kim and Jang learned about Min Hee-jin’s victory.” Over time, the problem will be resolved, causing the stock price to fall and the image to be damaged. He asked, “Although the outcome was completely predictable, are Kim & Chang, who took over the case from Hive, the real winners?” “
Lawyer Li Xiankun of Sinda Law Firm also posted on his social network service (SNS) account: “Hive continues to raise legal issues such as breach of trust, usurpation of the company, and concealment of sexual behavior to Min Heejin. He said that harassment is not to get results. , but to raise legal issues, “which is the main purpose in itself”, and published an article to the effect that the ultimate winner is the lawyer. However, in response to lawyer Li’s post, Hive demanded: “In order to prevent unfair reporting, We require a right of reply when reporting on our company. “
Kim Ho-jung’s defamation lawsuit has been met with similar reactions. Three years ago, Kim Ho Jung filed civil and criminal defamation lawsuits against hundreds of netizens, and the related legal fees amounted to hundreds of millions of won. It is understood that Jin Haozhong’s legal fees are borne by fans.
According to the transaction details of the legal fee account posted on its fan cafe, of the total amount raised of 268,463,077 won, 110 million won of the deposit provided to the law firm was withdrawn on December 30, 2020, and the appeal fee was 2022 Payment is due on April 22nd. Another 1.1 million won was withdrawn. In addition, temporary injunctions and civil litigation costs are paid out of this account.
However, fans also admit that the process of filing complaints is slow. A notice posted at the fan cafe at the time read: “We plan to appeal against Anti’s decision not to prosecute” and “We acknowledge the efforts of the police who conducted the investigation, but even so” if there is no or failure to recognize the falsehood, Facts are facts. “The staff and the law firm believed there was an issue with the application of the law as it amounted to untimely defamation. “”
/Photo=Park Ji-yoon’s Instagram Even in the conflict between announcers Park Ji-yoon and Choi Dong-seok, whose divorce dispute has been going on for nearly a year, there is a saying that “the lawyer is the winner.” This is because the suspicions generated during the divorce process and the sharp conflicts between the parties’ opinions have caused significant damage to each other’s image.
Especially since I recently learned that in addition to the main divorce proceedings, an incest lawsuit has been filed against the other party. Both parties have strongly denied the accusations of extramarital affairs.
In June last year, Park Ji-yeon filed a lawsuit against a woman named A, an acquaintance of Choi Dong-seok, demanding compensation for the loss of incest masturbation materials. Regarding this, Choi Dong-seok said in an interview with Korea Kyung.com that “the woman is just an acquaintance” and “we are not only irrational, but even if we are sane, we met after the marriage broke up.” , so it does not constitute an illegal act. “The lawsuit itself cannot be sustained,” he said.
Subsequently, on the 30th of last month, after news of Park Ji-yeon’s incest lawsuit came out, Choi Dong-seok also filed a lawsuit against Man B and Park Ji-yeon, demanding compensation for the loss of incest materials. In response, Park Ji-yeon said, “Since this is a private matter, it is difficult to confirm the details of the lawsuit,” but added, “However, Park Ji-yeon’s official position is that there was no inappropriate behavior or heterosexual relationship.” Except for her spouse outside, not only during the marriage but also during subsequent proceedings. “
If there is a lawsuit involving conflicts and tensions between celebrities, even if they win the lawsuit, the damage to their image will be huge.
Previously, singer Yong Junhyung talked about the “slave contract” on a talk show and said: “The CEO called me to the bar. After I was drunk, he suddenly broke a bottle and threatened me and asked me if I could do this. Mr. C, the protagonist of the statement, told Hanjing.com: “Yong Junhyung was fined and the correction filed against the broadcaster who broadcast the problematic statement eventually won through the Supreme Court, but his reputation was not fully restored. “It’s very difficult. Painful because the content follows me like a label,” he said.
Korea Kyung.com reporter Kim So-yeon sue123@hankyung.com
