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Lee Seung-gi "I even ripped off advertising fees"... Criminal charges against 4 people including CEO Hook
On the 22nd, through a legal representative, the facts of the complaint were revealed
“Hook steals some of the advertising fee”

Reporter Yoon Su-jeong
Input 2022.12.22 14:58

Singer and actor Lee Seung-gi filed a criminal complaint against four executives of his former agency, Hook Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as Hook), including CEO Jin-young Kwon. In addition to Lee Seung-gi's sound source fees, they allegedly stole some of the advertising fees.

On the 22nd, Lee Seung-gi announced that he had filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office against CEO Kwon, director A in charge of finance, and two current and former hook directors for violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement and fraud in business) through his legal representative.

On this day, Lee Seung-gi's side insisted, in particular, that "Hook stole some of the advertising fees in addition to the sound source fees." “I knew that about 10% of the advertising model fee was paid to the advertising agency in the name of 'agency commission' for many years, but in reality, it seems that the former and current directors of Hook shared some of this agency fee without paying it to the advertising agency.” will be.

Hook Entertainment CEO Kwon Jin-young (left), singer and actor Lee Seung-gi. /news1
Hook Entertainment CEO Kwon Jin-young (left), singer and actor Lee Seung-gi. /news1
Lee Seung-gi also said, "When I raised the issue about this, Hook acknowledged the fact only then and announced that it had paid 630 million won in advertising fees and delay interest on the 16th. “The settlement money that Hook unilaterally remitted is quite different from what Lee Seung-gi figured out,” he said. We will seek compensation for damages due to illegal acts.”

Previously, Lee Seung-gi notified Hook of the termination of the exclusive contract, saying, "Hook hid the fact that music sales were generated from Lee Seung-gi for about 18 years after his debut and did not settle it." Then, on the 16th of this month, Hook said that it had deposited about 4.81 billion won to Lee Seung-gi in the name of unsettled money, and filed a lawsuit to the court to confirm non-existence of debt, asking to confirm that there was no remaining settlement money. However, right after that, Lee Seung-gi issued a rebuttal statement containing content such as "It is a one-sided deposit", "It is not a lawsuit for money", "I have endured hearing that I am a negative singer for 18 years", and Hook intends to donate the entire amount deposited. revealed

Singer Lee Seung-gi, who has been in conflict with his agency Hook Entertainment (hereafter referred to as Hook), announced on the 16th that he would donate the full amount of the sound source proceeds received from Hook after deducting the litigation costs, and continue legal proceedings with Hook. . On this day, the hook side revealed its position on the claim that "we returned all of the unpaid money from music sources worth 5.4 billion won to Lee Seung-gi, but we are in the process of a lawsuit because we were asked for a larger amount of money."

On the morning of the same day, the Hook side issued a statement saying, “We did not want to have a long dispute with Lee Seung-gi over the settlement issue, so we paid Lee Seung-gi the full amount of the unpaid settlement amount of 2.9 billion won and delayed interest of 1.2 billion won in addition to the base-level settlement amount of 1.3 billion won.” said. He added, "The amount requested by Lee Seung-gi differed too greatly from the actual amount Hook had to settle, so both parties could not reach an agreement."

Then, on the same day, through social media, Lee Seung-gi said, "It's not because of the back money that I filed a lawsuit against Hook." I thought so,” he posted in response. “I received a text message saying that about 5 billion won was deposited into my bank account this morning,” he said. “Hook probably thinks I just took legal action to get the money. I have never received a common music charter, but I am trying to conclude the case in the name of paying unpaid money unilaterally like this.”

Lee Seung-gi also said, "5 billion won came in, but I can't understand the calculation method of the hook, so I think I will continue to fight in court in the future." It's not an overnight thought. The moment I decided to fight Hook, I decided to spend all the money I received for people in need.” In particular, regarding the 5 billion won received from Hook, he said, "It contains the sweat of my teens, 20s, and 30s." .

In November, Lee Seung-gi sent Hook and CEO Kwon Jin-young a certificate of content to disclose the details of his digital music revenue settlement transparently, and on the 1st, he sent a notice of termination of the exclusive contract. It was because after his debut in 2004, he signed an exclusive contract with Hook for 18 years and made about 9.6 billion won in music revenue, but he did not receive a single penny. In particular, Lee Seung-gi revealed, "Even when I asked for the details of the settlement several times, the hook side only gave a false excuse that 'you are a negative singer'." Hook was seized and searched by the police in November on charges of embezzlement from management.

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