On the 23rd, the 20th division of the civil agreement of the Seoul Central District Court (presiding judge Se-ra Lee) held the first hearing of Hook's lawsuit against Lee Seung-gi for non-existence of debt. A counterclaim filed by Lee Seung-gi claiming settlement money for Hook was also carried out.
Hook initially claimed that there was no money to be paid to Lee Seung-gi, but changed the claim, saying that about 900 million won in excessively paid advertising fees should be returned to Lee Seung-gi.
Lee Seung-gi refuted that there was still advertising settlement money to be paid by Hook, saying, "Hook has been paying 10% of advertising revenue while hiding the fact that the commission rate for advertising agencies has been lowered from 10% to 7%." Lee Seung-gi's side estimated 3 billion won in unpaid money from Hook.
The court set the next hearing date on August 25 to finalize the data collection related to the settlement amount and the plan to interrogate witnesses.
On the other hand, Lee Seung-gi had a conflict with Hook, who had been involved for 18 years, over settlement issues. Afterwards, he notified the termination of the exclusive contract and established Human Made, a one-man agency. Currently, Hook and I have started a court battle over various issues.
Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr