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| (Seoul=News1) Reporter Kim Min-ji = Trot singer Kim Ho-jung, who is under suspicion of hit-and-run and drunk driving, leaving the Seoul Gangnam Police Station on the afternoon of the 21st after completing the investigation. (Joint Coverage) 2024.5.21/News1 Copyright (C) News1. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution, AI learning prohibited. /Photo=(Seoul=News1) Reporter Kim Min-ji |
Trot singer Kim Ho-jung, who is facing allegations of drunk driving and hit-and-run, lost a civil lawsuit against his former manager for not repaying the money. On the 22nd, it was belatedly revealed that Kim Ho-jung’s former manager, Mr. A, whom he had worked with since his unknown days, sued Kim Ho-jung in 2020. According to Mr. A, who has supported Kim Ho-jung in various ways, he lent approximately 23 million won among the money he sent, excluding the settlement amount, requesting it to be returned after Kim Ho-jung unilaterally signed a contract with his current agency after winning “Mr. Trot”. In response, Kim Ho-jung’s side denied Mr. A’s claim as baseless, but the court recognized that in January last year, Mr. A lent approximately 12 million won to Kim Ho-jung without a repayment deadline for 22 times, leading to partial victory for the plaintiff, Mr. A. However, Mr. A’s claim for around 200 million won in agreement money, after Kim Ho-jung promised to pay 30% of the earnings right after moving to a new agency, was not accepted. In particular, Kim Ho-jung requested a restriction to prevent others from seeing the court decision, but it was reported that this request was not accepted. Earlier, on the 9th, at around 11:40 p.m., Kim Ho-jung was charged with hit-and-run and fleeing after causing a collision with a taxi while changing lanes on a road in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Subsequently, on the 21st at 2 p.m., Kim Ho-jung appeared at the Seoul Gangnam Police Station, underwent police questioning, and after approximately 8 hours and 35 minutes, at 10:35 p.m. in front of the press, he bowed his head, saying, “What can someone who has committed a crime say? I have been well-investigated, and I will sincerely cooperate with the remaining investigations. I’m sorry.”