Singer Lee Seon-heeⓒ News 1
Singer Lee Sun-hee, who is under police investigation for embezzlement, received a total of 4.3 billion won from Hook Entertainment in the name of lesson (private tutoring) fees. Do not,” he said.
On the 26th, the law firm Lee & Ko, the legal representative of Lee Sun-hee, said, “Today, we would like to express our position on the report on Lee Sun-hee by OOOO.” .
“We ask for your understanding that it is difficult to tell you in detail about the matter under investigation, and we expect that misunderstandings about Lee Seon-hee will be resolved through the wise judgment of the police,” he said. Please do not damage anything.”
He warned, “We will take all possible legal action, including criminal charges and civil damages claims, against indiscreet reports and comments.”
Previously, a media reported on the same day that One Entertainment, where Lee Seon-hee served as CEO, received a total of 4.3 billion won over 10 years in the name of lesson fees for singers belonging to Hook, and afterwards, family members and acquaintances of Lee Seon-hee and Hook Entertainment CEO Kwon Jin-young illegally received about 900 million won. did.
Meanwhile, on the 25th, the Severe Crime Investigation Division of the National Police Agency summoned Lee Seon-hee for embezzlement and announced that they were investigating. The police suspect Lee Seon-hee of embezzling funds from One Entertainment, where she served as her CEO. One Entertainment was founded in 2013 and is the private company of Lee Sun-hee, which was liquidated in August last year.
The police are expected to investigate whether Lee Sun-hee falsely posted employees to the agency and misused funds in an unfair way. The police are also looking into the connection between Hook Entertainment’s CEO, Kwon Jin-young, and One Entertainment.
In this regard, Lee Sun-hee’s agency, Hook Entertainment, said in an official position on the afternoon of the same day, “A police investigation was conducted in relation to the company where Lee Sun-hee was the CEO.” said.
At the same time, he requested, “Please do not defame the artist by slandering the artist with unconfirmed content.”
(Seoul = News 1)
