No end in sight to Lee Byung-hun saga

[unreal.livejournal.com]

SEOUL: A former Korean baseball pitcher has accused the president of the production company behind hit Korean drama serial "Iris" of hiring thugs to assault him.

According to The Korean Times, Kang Byung-kyu, who is now a television host, claimed that the attack was connected to the ongoing Lee Byung-hun scandal involving the Korean superstar and his alleged ex-girlfriend who is known only as Kwon.


Kang, 36, told reporters as he left a police station in Seoul that he will lodge a formal complaint against the president of the production company, a Mr Chung, later this week.

He had previously turned himself in after being summoned for questioning regarding allegations that he had hired gangsters to rough up staff members of the agency that worked on "Iris".

Kang also denied rumours that claim it was he who introduced Lee to his alleged ex-girlfriend and pressured her to file a lawsuit against the "Iris" and "GI Joe" star after they parted ways.

Kwon, a former Canadian national athlete, Kwon had brought a lawsuit against Lee on December 8, accusing him of luring her into a sexual relationship with false promises of marriage.

She also claimed that Lee had gambled illegally while he was filming in the United States and Canada. She is seeking 100 million won (S$119,000) in damages.

"I know Kwon following an introduction from one of my acquaintances. I am not directly connected with the scandal," Kang explained.

He claimed the whole affair started after he began to receive threatening calls from "people from Taewon Entertainment", the production firm behind "Iris", following rumours that he engineered Kwon's law suit against Lee.

He decided to visit the shooting location of "Iris" to clear the air but was instead accosted by Chung, his aides and thugs "with baseball bats and steel chairs" for "20-30 minutes", resulting in injuries which took three weeks to heal.

Kang also denied allegations that he hired gangsters to attack Chung's associates in a tit-for-tat act of revenge. The police have been investigating the matter since December 17.

Kang had just served his sentence of 160 hours of community service in April this year after he was convicted for illegal online gambling in February.

Amid the allegations and counter-allegations continued in Seoul, Lee's alleged ex-girlfriend, Kwon, has said in an interview with Fuji TV that she will escalate her conflict with Lee.

She said she will intensify her efforts as she was "angry that Lee portrayed himself as the victim" in the public letter he had put up on his blog earlier this month.

Lee had expressed in his letter that Kwon's allegations were "malicious" and that she was "distorting the facts".

Lee has counter-sued Kwon for libel.

source: channelnewsasia

Comments

[chalakchalak.livejournal.com]

your icon is love.

[rennii.livejournal.com]

...This is getting weird.

[czarny.livejournal.com]

oomg

[pandatablo.livejournal.com]

shit just gets deeper .

2010 is going to suck just as much for kpop and [ot]for the economy .

[thenylonkid.livejournal.com]

D; D; D;

"Kang Byung-kyu, who is now a television host, claimed that the attack was connected to the ongoing Lee Byung-hun scandal"

"I am not directly connected with the scandal," Kang explained."

...which is it!

[goldi.livejournal.com]

confusing

[prettyminstrel.livejournal.com]

imma pull a mariah: too complicated.

[xkimchi-ninja.livejournal.com]

THIS

[dream-a-dreamer.livejournal.com]

What is this whole scandal really about?

[nimco.livejournal.com]

a butthurt breakup

[analapana83.livejournal.com]

Wtf man....


End now 2009.

[julili.livejournal.com]

I don't think I understand this ordeal anymore. Is this a bad b-movie?

[starsinshapes.livejournal.com]

Seriously, this girl needs to get over it. And what does this story have to do with the other?

no.

[purkin.livejournal.com]

Re: no.

[crypticbluerose.livejournal.com]

Lulz this

[talgi-uyu.livejournal.com]

Will someone dumb this down for me because I'm not understanding.

The people from Iris think this Kang dude has something to do with this Kwon chick so they beat him up? And the Kwon chick is trying to make the media feel bad for her instead of actually gathering evidence against him to take to court?

Did I get it right? This is getting amusing/ridiculous

[http://users.livejournal.com/__generik/]

Pretty much yeah. And that Kang allegedly brought gangsters with him to take revenge.

[musicalbento.livejournal.com]

I think you're mad cool LBH, but this is the part where you start shooting people. =\

[jinjja.livejournal.com]

LOL
THIS