Woohyuk Jang Photo|Star Today DBSinger Jang Woo-hyuk, a former member of the group HOT, sued two former employees alleging verbal abuse and assault by him.
Jang Woo-hyuk’s agency, WH Creative, told Maeil Business Star Today on the 19th, “On the 7th, we filed a complaint with the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul on charges of defamation and obstruction of business by false facts against two former employees B and C.”
A, who previously said he was a trainee from an idol, revealed to an online community on the 6th of last month that he was assaulted by a first-generation idol. However, four days later, Mr. A met her party in person, cleared up her misunderstanding, and exchanged apologies, she said.
At the time, Mr. A said, “It was a very long time ago, and there were many misunderstandings between them. There were some things that I did wrong, too, and I expressed the situation in a way that maximized it. We looked back at each other and reminisced about that day, and exchanged apologies for each other’s mistakes.”
Separately, netizen B, who said that he was an employee of an agency run by a first-generation idol, told an online community on the 9th of last month that he was told, “Don’t buy water, get it and drink it” when accompanied by a schedule of shooting outdoors in midsummer. When the company suffered flood damage due to heavy rain, he forced himself to lie to the owner of the building, and when he refused to do so, insults and insults such as “You did not receive basic home education properly” and “Did your parents not teach you that too?” He wrote that he was criticized.
He also claimed that the problem of renting the venue at the time of an external event was entirely the fault of the employees and that he forced them to “below and apologize (to the president of the foundation).”
Another netizen, who said he had worked for a long time at an agency run by a first-generation idol, revealed that during a business trip to China in 2014, he got hit in the head while riding a taxi to a restaurant after finishing his schedule, and heard a long sermon while yelling at the entrance of the restaurant. did.
He also claimed that he had not been able to control his emotions before going up on schedule at KBS in 2019 and said that he hit his hand, and that he talked about the abusive language and assault suffered by the first-generation idol at the time of leaving the company, but he was told that he had never heard of such a thing.
Jang Woo-hyuk sued B and C, a former employee who wrote the revelation, and took legal action.
Jang Woo-hyuk’s side said, “After meeting with many of the people I worked with at the time and checking the facts, it was confirmed that the contents of the revelations were not true. “We have filed a complaint and formally commissioned a police investigation to ask for legal responsibility for the person who spread false information about Jang Woo-hyuk through community bulletin boards, etc. by taking advantage of his anonymity,” he explained.
In the future, we will no longer sit down on the act of mass-producing and spreading malicious rumors about our artists, and we will hold them accountable through strong legal action without any leniency or agreement to prevent further damage.
On the 15th, Jang Woo-hyuk said on Naver’s official fan cafe WH35, “Things that I used to think, ‘It will pass because it’s not true,’ became poison and made it difficult for the fans. I thought that it would just end if I had to endure it, but I didn’t.” He also posted, “I will take legal action so that I can become a proud artist and a proud singer to my fans.”
Woohyuk Jang debuted in the entertainment industry as a member of the first-generation representative idol group HOT in 1996 and received great love. In 2001, he formed the group JTL and worked as a solo singer.
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