Yang Jung-won Addresses Fraud Allegations, Clarifies Role as Advertising Model
Nov 02, 2024
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On the 2nd, Yang Jung-won said on his SNS, "To correct the facts about the Pilates Academy franchise, I express my position as follows" and emphasized that "We have a simple portrait rights use contract relationship as an advertising model, not as a business participant in the Pilates Academy franchise business."
Then, at the time of the 2021 portrait rights use contract, we proceeded with the contract after asking the headquarters to clearly notify the franchisees that it was an `advertisement model.' During the two-year contract period, he faithfully served as a promotional model for attending exhibitions and Pilates-related activities, and explained that 'Royalty 2%' mentioned in the article is not a profit distribution for business participation, but a model fee for the use of portrait rights'
However, after the advertisement went out and found a different description from the fact that it was marked in the photo 'educational director', the above description was challenged several times and asked for correction"In order to prevent misunderstanding among franchisees, it is required to clearly notify that "Advertising Model" is once again." he insisted.
In the meantime, "The business part of the franchisee's purchase of machinery, instructor contracts, etc. mentioned in the article was carried out entirely by the headquarters, and I was not involved in any business other than modeling activities."I'm upset and I feel heavy. If the franchisees were treated unfairly by the headquarters, I hope that this issue will be resolved as soon as possible."
Yang Jung-won added strength to his remarks by posting a handwritten statement from the headquarters.
Earlier on the 1st, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul said it has booked officials from Yang Jung-won and Pilates Academy headquarters since late July after receiving complaints from multiple victims for violating the Fraud and Business Act.
The franchisees signed the contract by promoting that the headquarters would share know-how so that the general public could run Pilates Academy, which was run by Yang Jung-won"The contract matters were not followed..." he claimed.
In addition, the promotional materials received by franchisees stated that "The headquarters directly dispatches instructors trained by the headquarters to the franchisees" but claimed that in reality, instructors recruited from the job search site were allocated.
In addition, it was also claimed that the headquarters deceived them by researching and developing Pilates equipment sold for about 26 million won on the market and forced them to purchase it for about 62 million won.
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Hello, I'm Yang Jungwon.
In order to correct the facts about the Pilates academy franchise that was posted over the past two days, I will state my position as follows.
I am not a business participant in the Pilates Academy franchise business, but as an advertising model, I am a simple portrait rights use contract relationship.
At the time of the 2021 portrait rights use contract, we proceeded with the contract after asking the headquarters to clearly notify the franchisees that it is an 'advertisement model'. During the two-year contract period, I faithfully worked as a promotional model such as attending the fair and Pilates-related activities.
'Royalty 2%' mentioned in the article is a model fee for the use of portrait rights, not the revenue distribution for business participation. It is stated that we receive 2% of our sales according to the terms of the contract.
After the advertisement went out and found a different description from the fact that 'educational director' indicated in the photo, we raised objections to the above description several times and requested correction. In addition, to prevent misunderstanding among franchisees, we asked them to clearly notify us that it is an 'Advertising Model'.
In addition, the business parts such as the purchase of machines and instructor contracts of the merchants mentioned in the article were conducted entirely by the headquarters, and I was not involved in any business other than modeling activities.
If the franchisees were treated unfairly by the headquarters, I hope this problem will be resolved as soon as possible!!
I'm so upset and I feel heavy.. Lastly, I would like to apologize for causing concern to many of you who were surprised to hear the news. Thank you for reading through to the end of the long article.
From Yang Garden
lyn@sportschosun.com
