Jisoo's agency sued for compensation by KBS drama production company

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

The production company of KBS 2TV's ongoing drama series "River Where the Moon Rises" filed a lawsuit against actor Jisoo's agency to demand compensation for the damages incurred by the actor stepping down mid-production.#KBS #JISOO https://t.co/mKBwx83gkV pic.twitter.com/Rv0zO7dP8l

— Korea JoongAng Daily (@JoongAngDaily) April 2, 2021

The production company of KBS 2TV's ongoing drama series "River Where the Moon Rises" filed a lawsuit against actor Jisoo's agency to demand compensation for the damages incurred by the actor stepping down mid-production after he was found to have bullied his peers during his middle and high school years. 

According to drama production company Victory Contents, it has filed for compensation of 3 billion won ($2.6 million) from Jisoo's agency Keyeast to recoup the cost of finding a new lead actor and other related damages.  

The company filed through its legal attorney WeAdvise at the Seoul Central District Court. 

"The drama had been shot in advance and so when the rumors against Jisoo were made, shooting was almost finished," said Victory Contents. 

"But when we had to replace the actor, we had no choice but to reshoot the scenes after he was replaced." 

"River Where the Moon Rises" was a tentpole drama — a term that refers to films or dramas that are expected to perform well and even cover for other works' lack of success — for KBS and cost more than 20 billion won to film, and thus meant the damages were greater than would have been for any other works, according to Victory Contents.  

"We suffered from both direct damages such as labor costs, equipment and location costs, performance fees and others as well as [indirect damages] such as lowered viewership, claims from overseas clients, estimated income decrease and company reputation damages, which could further damage us in the future," the company said.  

"We wished to settle things amicably but we resorted to a lawsuit due to Keyeast's failure to cooperate." 

While Keyeast agreed to compensation and sent a letter of agreement to Victory Contents, it argued that the amount demanded by Victory Contents does not make sense and asked to see a bill of costs actually spent.  

"It is not true that we failed to cooperate, as Victory Contents argues," said Keyeast. "Nevertheless, we are sorry to have failed to reach an amicable agreement and we vow to give our best to solve the situation."

Source: Korea JoongAng Daily (Twitter; Main Site)

Comments

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

Hate him and KeyEast so good for KBS honestly lol

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

i'm not really sure whether a case like this can be successful with my 0 legal knowledge but i really understand why kbs would do this. watching the drama, they really had to shoot soooo much and also some pretty huge battle scenes as well.

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

I wonder about this too and if lawsuits like this prosper in SK? I feel like stuff like these are just usual risks involved in making tv shows...and even if they spent so much money it’s not guaranteed that they’ll get a profit because ultimately it depends on the ratings. Unless he had a condition in his contract that he wouldn’t be involved in any scandal while filming/airing then I don’t see how he could be liable for this

BUT if this makes him suffer then yes lmao

[happypurinsu.livejournal.com]

Not enough but I'll take it. For now.

While I don't think KBS will be granted the full amount, considering it was themselves who decided to re-shoot everything, it should be possible for them to get at least some compensation because Ji Soo *did* cause damages to the production (both financially and to their public image) + he has already admitted (some) of it to be true (the rumours about him, I mean), making KBS' decision to recast the role valid. Ji Soo is fucked, and KeyEast can go fuck themselves too.

[premonitioner.livejournal.com]

if they had a morality clause or a clause in case of the actor terminating the contract early, they probs have a case for this

[blck-ink.livejournal.com]

i can’t imagine what kind if mess this is financially. so good for them for demanding their money back. i hope everyone gets paid for all the extra work they have to do.

[921227.livejournal.com]

Hopefully they can get enough to cover the wages of the production team and the people that do all the behind scenes stuff as they did their part & shouldn't be penalized bc of the situation

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

all i would care about is the cast and crew getting their fair share for the work THEY did. kbs always deserves every shitty thing coming at them for casting that park whatever i don’t care what his name is but he’s a rapist and they cast him in a family weekend drama and gave him awards. i will never get over that.

[thebloomroom.livejournal.com]

who was this?

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

i had to look him up to remember his name. park si hoo

[thebloomroom.livejournal.com]

thanks for looking, i wanted to make sure i dont watch anything he is in. i was like which park!?! i need more clues!