Lee Junki faces lawsuit and jail time

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Actor Lee Jun-ki faces a 500 million won ($500,000) lawsuit from his own management agency, Mentor Entertainment, against him and his manager identified as Lee for breaching his contract with the company.

Mentor Entertainment claims that the contract signed in May 2004 stipulates the actor must work exclusively for the next 5 years with Mentor. However, in the process of recently setting up his own management company with his manager, the 26-year-old movie star is accused of misappropriating 1 billion won (1 million USD) of funds, which Mentor insists should be theirs.

And of course, Lee Junki has refuted the allegation.

Lee Junki told the press that he had notified his previous management of canceling his contract back in February 2008.

The actor can face jail time of up to 6 months or pay up 500 million won in damages to the previous management.

84 Responses to “Lee Junki faces lawsuit and jail time”


  1. 1 renzus September 29, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    he better have suicide soon.

  2. 3 kira September 29, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    aww,,, I think his old management just don’t want to let him be out of their company, well he’s one of the best rising actor and his a good one!

  3. 5 monalisa September 29, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    There are always loopholes in contracts if you look hard enough.

  4. 6 Hero-JaeJoong September 29, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    i feel sorry for Junki.
    when he’s popular and raking in tons of money,other people will try to rape him of everything ==

    i hope he does’nt have to do the jail term too.
    and i hope they can figure out a better solution than having to face each other in court.
    all the best,junki ~

    • 7 jsgcsljz September 7, 2009 at 1:44 pm

      sarangheayo!!!u from kora??i oso…..u girl or boy???u can be my oppa or onni maybe dong seng….i m 15 yrs ol>>>how about u???

  5. 8 jenfraud September 29, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    awww that so bad

  6. 9 Erwin September 29, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Jun ki I know you are not in the wrong. Everyone will be by your side. all your fans will. I know.

    Your most loyal fan in Singapore,
    Erwin

  7. 10 live4music September 29, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    oh no!!! good luck! i hope he get out of this alright <3

  8. 11 kellz September 29, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    stupid greedy company..
    good luck 2 lee junki

  9. 12 ria September 30, 2008 at 1:02 am

    I cant even get out of my gym contract.

  10. 13 Tiffanie September 30, 2008 at 2:35 am

    oh man…this suxx butt!!! :[
    JunKi Oppa is such a great actor! and he is so talented. so what if he makes his own company? he said he cancelled his contract. there must be something going on!!
    But anyways; i hope he does well and nothing bad happens.
    JunKiOppa4evR

  11. 14 iNDiE September 30, 2008 at 3:38 am

    oh creep.. i mean crap.

  12. 15 Tina September 30, 2008 at 3:41 am

    I wish he can get out of this mess.By the way,what is his religion?Is there any body know his religion?I just want to know.

  13. 16 crypticbluerose September 30, 2008 at 8:16 am

    aww, they can kiss junki’s s**

  14. 17 yunyun September 30, 2008 at 11:44 am

    nooo!!!! it’s so disappointing to hear something like this. oh well…

  15. 18 dfr529 September 30, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    of course his contracts canceled first in mentor before setting up a new company ~ I hope this will be resolved.. jun ki is worried for his fans .. I know he can do it! :)

  16. 19 dfr529 September 30, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    like what he said in his cy post ~~ =) aja junki!

  17. 20 Blahblahbon September 30, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Where´s the proper english go in this site? New bloggers maybe?

  18. 21 Blahblahbon September 30, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Hahaha, what are the odds I mess up my english while writing that sentence?

  19. 22 poignant October 1, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    No!
    Please don’t send him to jail!
    I hope he sues mentor’s pants off.

  20. 23 prettyclown October 4, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Don’t worry Jun Ki.It will be OK.I will pray for you.

  21. 24 junjokianne October 5, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    I know junki is strong enough for this obstacle…

    The hell is that Mentor Entertainment!!! If I know, they only want to earn money out of Junki… won’t they just leave Junki alone? Besides, Junki worked very hard all those yeras and they already enjoyed it – a lot!

    Those freaks were just afraid of losing an asset like Junki! And since they can’t stop Junki from leaving, they just wanted to have one last big peice of Junki’s hard earned money….

    And as for my ever beloved Junki, be strong ‘coz many people are on your side!!! File a defamation case against Mentor!!! Let’z just see!!!

    You’ll never be held behind bars,
    - because you’re Iljimae…Ü ( just to add humor)

  22. 25 Mercurymay October 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    Be strong Jun Ki!We must srruggle in our lifetime.
    The most important thing is that,believe yourself.
    There’s a hero lies in you.

  23. 26 junkified October 31, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    Jun Ki, I believe in you, you can get out of this mess^^
    Anyway, its the company’s fault in the first place

  24. 27 saranghaeyo December 1, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    poor jun…. :( (
    hope he wont be in jail

  25. 28 Hailey December 3, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Jun ki shii! Fighting!!!

  26. 29 chuchu December 25, 2008 at 6:41 am

    Popseoul made it sound like Junki was at fault when he wasn’t. It seems the company owed him money from work he had done and they had not paid his taxes to the government. How many of you go to work day and day out and don’t get paid? Would you continue to work if someone doesn’t pay you what they agreed to pay? What is it with these mgmt. companies and directors where actors sign contracts to get paid a certain amount of money and then the company doesn’t want to pay. Just crazy. It’s just crazy!! Hope he wins this lawsuit and I hope he gets money for the damage the company is attempting to cause on his reputation.

  27. 30 Mai December 27, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    poor junki….
    i will always support him, not
    the stupid agency..
    no wonder why my parents always says stay
    away from acting or such involving
    huge money…

  28. 31 sherylxz April 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Hello, no offense but
    WHY have to put such picture?
    What’s up with the “I’m a creep”?
    There’s no need to say he’s a creep right?
    Of course,
    we don’t have the right to judge what happened in this,
    UNLESS,
    if someone actually know the whole story behind this.

    이준기, I’ll always be supporting you ^^ <3


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