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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Seung-yeon = The police have filed a complaint with Yecheon Brewery, which has been in a dispute with singer Young-tak over ‘Young-tak’ makgeolli.
According to the police on the 10th, the Gangdong Police Station in Seoul sent a complaint once morest Baek Gu-young, chairman of Yecheon Brewery, and others, who were accused of attempted blackmail, on the 3rd of this month due to insufficient evidence.
Dismissal means that the case is closed without forwarding the case to the prosecution as the police investigation did not reveal any criminal charges.
Singer Young-tak filed a complaint with the police in October of last year on charges of defamation, intimidation, and attempted blackmail under the Information and Communications Network Act when Yecheon Brewery’s side claimed that negotiations for a contract renewal for an model broke down due to his abuse of power.
Young-tak, who made a hit by singing ‘A cup of makgeolli’ on TV Chosun’s ‘Mr. Trot’ on TV Chosun in April last year, signed a contract with Yecheon Brewery and worked as an advertisement model for ‘Young-tak Makgeolli’. was expressed
Yecheon Brewery has argued that Young-tak can continue to use ‘Young-tak’ as its makgeolli brand without trademark registration, saying that the negotiations broke down because Young-tak demanded 15 billion won for trademark registration and renewal of the contract.
Yecheon Brewery’s side claimed in a statement, “Through the results of the police investigation, the key issue (in this case) was that Yeong-tak’s mother requested 15 billion won for 3 years. As a result, defamation was not established.”
Young-tak’s side announced that it would file an objection to the police’s disposition.
Young-tak’s agency, Milagro, said in a statement on the same day, “It is not possible to understand both legally and factually regarding the fact that a complaint has been made despite making a serious mistake.”
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