Kang Ji-hwan's legal battles drag on (and on, and on...)

99 December 11, 2012December 11, 2012

Kang Ji-hwan’s legal battles drag on (and on, and on…)

by javabeans

javabeans: Here. *sniffle* Passes along article.

girlfriday: Oh no. Kang Ji-hwan may have to stop acting in all dramas, movies, and musicals?

javabeans: *sob* It won’t happen, it won’t! It’s just an injunction request! What good are those anyway? (Knows nothing of law.)

girlfriday: Love is more powerful than law! (Not really. That’s what stalkers say.
Just trying to make you feel better.)

javabeans: (Don’t take legal advice from us. It will end badly for you, we promise.) Also, it doesn’t make me feel better. Stupid former agency wanting to milk their former star for what he’s worth AFTER he’s left them. Dude, at a certain point don’t you just have to zen out about and tell yourself, “Let it go”?

girlfriday: Maybe he was their first love.

javabeans: But in dramaland, first loves are only good if they’re requited! Once one side is gone you’re just heading into mopeytime waters with a side of jealous fits and schadenfreude. Which would explain all the lawsuits against him, actually. So yes, probably a first love obsession. Nice Guy style, mind, not Answer Me.

girlfriday: I swear, the poor guy spends more time fighting legal battles than actually getting to act.

javabeans: Okay, do you love the part in the ex-management company’s injunction request that complains of how Kang Ji-hwan started avoiding their calls and changed his cell phone number? Who do they think they’re filing with, the Schoolyard Appeals Court?

girlfriday: Definitely sounds like jilted first love to me. Though really, one can’t blame an entire agency for falling in love with the guy. It’s just the creepy not letting go part that’s…

javabeans: Weird? Unprofessional? INSANE?

girlfriday: Or something. Maybe he pissed off an Anthony somewhere down the line?

javabeans: Aw. Anthony is a bigger man than that! Maybe you mean CEO Oh, with the inferiority complex the size of… Anthony’s ego.

girlfriday: So..what will you do?

javabeans: Other than cry, you mean?

girlfriday: You’re not going to shave your head and enter a monastery in the mountains, are you?

javabeans: Oh, lord no. How will I look pretty for my Lee Jung-jae?

girlfriday: Ah, priorities.

Via News1

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51 Leishers

December 14, 2012 at 9:11 AM

This SUCKS! (pointing out the obvious). What the hell is it with Korean Entertainment Companies not being able to let go? My gosh, f you wanted someone to stay, you should have atleast done something good for them. Everytime I hear of a legal battle happening in Korea, with some star. This is just too damn bogus, and I cant believe the court and LAW is not telling these money hungry people to leave the damn man alone. Thats one thing I do not like.

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52 Lady Seoul

December 14, 2012 at 6:19 PM

Woah, did know the guy is going through so much~! I dp miss him in dramas. His last was quite a flop and the agency is being ridiculous if his contract with them in finished then that should be the end unless he wants to sign a contract with them again, but obviously that doesn't look like it's going to happen. So sad~ hope he'll get to act again real soon. His last one wasn't even the greatest...;A;

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53 iam

December 16, 2012 at 8:17 AM

I think we can't make conclusions based merely on news reports/press statements. I'm a big KJH fan and I sure am biased, but I'm not going to exonerate him nor will I proclaim him guilty now. I'm sure there's more to this issue than what we've been reading.

Dunno how reliable it is, but someone told me that he won his legal battle against Jambo Entertainment (the agency he first had a dispute with) and was awarded compensation (500 million won is what I heard). But his victory in court didn't prevent him from being banned. I think it's the same with Park Shin Yang - he won his legal battle but still got banned.

With this new dispute involving his latest agency, there had been rumors that the agency boss assaulted KJH's manager some time in October. If that indeed happened, then that could be a reason why he opted to distance himself from the agency.

As for the breach of contract, I really don't know. The case is already in court, so let's wait and see. For now, he's innocent until proven guilty.

I'm hoping that things will turn out well for KJH eventually. He's too good a talent to be wasted. But whatever happens, I'll always be a fan.

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54 Jess

December 16, 2012 at 8:06 PM

Well. Generally anyone has the right to breach a contract. Its just the issue of making reparations. We don't know what the contract provides for so can't assess the chanced of the case. But there are probably grounds for the injunction and the lawsuit if KJH's lawyers haven't been able to throw it out of court.

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55 phjfever

December 26, 2012 at 4:54 PM

i think similarly this happened to park shin yang? the worst scenario i think wld be he's gonna be off screen for what a year or so like park shin? i hope he continues to act, he's one of my top k actors on my long list of faves! fighting!