Archive for the ‘Scandals’ Category

Park Si Hoo’s previous label CEO ‘C’ refuses to drop his lawsuit

After news came out that ‘A’ had dropped her charges against Park Si Hoo and his hoobae, it’s now been revealed that Park Si Hoo had tried to reach a compromise with his previous CEO ‘C’. Park Si Hoo’s lawyers contacted C’s lawyer by phone, asking to reach a compromise and drop both lawsuits against each other. However, C’s side had other ideas as they stated, “It’s true that we had a phone call with Park Si Hoo’s lawyers. But we have no intent to end our lawsuit here

JYP Entertainment responds to issues of 2PM’s Clothes Album with subcontractors

On May 12, MBC‘s ‘News Desk‘ reported on the issue of small clothing companies that JYP Entertainment had contracted for 2PM‘s Clothes Album. MBC interviewed various owners of the companies who had been subcontracted for this special production. Lee Dong Won, who runs a small clothing company with 4 employees, had a contract with JYP Entertainment and printed a quantity of 5,000 Clothes Albums. However, only 140 copies of the Clothes Album were sold, and JYP Entertainment had paid them only for what was sold, and didn’t pay for the remaining unsold products and consequent debt

‘A’ drops lawsuit against Park Si Hoo and his hoobae

Although it seemed like a long battle in the courts was up ahead for ‘A’ and Park Si Hoo, it’s been revealed that things will actually wrap up as ‘A’ has dropped her suit against the actor, who has followed by dropping his own suit against her. The reason for why ‘A’ has decided to drop her charges has not been revealed, but according to the prosecution, she has indeed retracted her lawsuit. “On May 9th, ‘A’s lawyers filed papers to drop their suit

Go Young Wook appoints his original lawyer for his appeal

Go Young Wook has appointed his previous lawyer once again for his appeal. Rumors were circulating that Go Young Wook would be going with a public defender for his appeal, leading many to question if his previous lawyers had given up or refused to take on the appeal. However, they were proven to be false as it’s been confirmed that the former celebrity has brought in the lawyer he had teamed up with for his very first trial. Currently, his appeal court date is undetermined, but Go Young Wook and his lawyer are preparing their case to fight the court sentencing

DMTN’s Daniel attends 2nd court hearing

DMTN‘s Daniel quietly attended his 2nd court hearing for the marijuana related charges. The hearing took place in the morning of May 9 at the Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Court. As with the first hearing, Daniel apologized for his charges and attended the hearing with four people that were indicted along with his lawyer. Bianca Mobley from ‘Global Talk Show - Chat With Beauties‘ was not present for the second time, and instead her lawyer said, “We received a phone call from Bianca’s mother

A Cube Entertainment and Yookyung’s father give conflicting reports on Yookyung’s departure from A-Pink

Yookyung‘s label A Cube Entertainment spoke up to state that Yookyung’s departure from A-Pink was agreed upon. Yookyung’s father had revealed that Yookyung’s leaving was a one-way notification and that they’d only heard about it a short time ago. But when A Cube Entertainment maintained their stance that the reason behind her departure was true, Yookyung’s father spoke up again and said, “Please stop giving false information to media. I have no choice but to respond

‘Little Psy’ Hwang Min Woo requests a police investigation against antis who posted hate comments

‘Little Psy’ Hwang Min Woo‘s label Star Zone Entertainment has requested an investigation against his antis. The label announced, “We have requested an investigation against the netizens who wrote hate comments about Hwang Min Woo and intentionally froze the label’s homepage.” The label requested the investigation online on the 25th, and the Gangnam Police Station was on the case starting on the 26th. According to the police, about 10 netizens that are allegedly members of ‘Ilgan Best’ froze the label’s homepage by posting an incredible amount of comments and overloading their server at around 7PM on the 23rd

Park Si Hoo, Mr. Kim, and lawyers sued by civil group for revealing ‘A’s personal information through KakaoTalk history

Actor Park Si Hoo and his lawyers are facing another suit as a civil group that goes by the name of ‘Upright Opportunity Research Institution‘ has sued them for violating a ‘law on special cases concerning sexual assault’. This group, ‘Upright Opportunity’, revealed that they had submitted their suit on April 30th against Park Si Hoo, his hoobae Mr. Kim, and three of his lawyers. This group of citizens criticized Park Si Hoo and his legal team’s unveiling of the KakaoTalk message history between trainee ‘A‘ and Mr

T-ara N4′s MV receives criticism for scenes with posters resembling Rising Sun Flag

T-ara N4‘s ”Countryside Life” MV is receiving criticism due to a few scenes, in which posters that resemble the Rising Sun Flag were spotted. The T-ara subunit had released a dance version and a drama version of their MV. It was the drama version that raised eyebrows as some noticed two scenes in which a poster for a dance competition was spotted. The poster features a disco ball and 16 red rays emanating from it, much like the 16 rays of the Rising Sun Flag. The girls also dance in front of a big banner containing the symbol later on

G.Gorilla clarifies his controversial tweet criticizing the lyrics of T-ara N4′s “Countryside Life”

G.Gorilla, singer-turned-composer, set out to clarify his previous tweet in which he expressed his criticism toward the lyrics of T-ara N4‘s debut song “Countryside Life“, which was composed by Duble Sidekick and written by the team along with David Kim. G.Gorilla listened to the subunit’s new single and responded on his Twitter on the 30th, “To the ‘Countryside Life’??? What kind of expression is this…I wish I could really hit the XX who wrote the lyrics”, not expecting to be met with the attention he has been receiving