Yang Jung-won Warns Against Speculation Amid Legal Controversy

Nov 03, 2024

Yang Jung-won Warns Against Speculation Amid Legal Controversy
Yang Jung-won. Sports Chosun DB



Pilates instructor and actor Yang Jung-won hinted at a hard-line response to speculative reports and malicious comments.

On the 3rd, Yang Jung-won posted a message on his personal account, "Please stop speculative articles and malicious comments."," he posted an official statement from his legal representative.

Dong-in, the legal representative of Yang Jung-won, issued a statement saying, "There have been reports of wrong articles due to the issue of a Pilates company that Yang Jung-won recently signed an advertising model contract with." "As a result of confirming the facts of the case, it was confirmed that Yang Jung-won signed an advertising model contract with the Pilates franchisee and received some of the expenses related to simple portrait rights, and was in a position where the details of the project were unknown."



The details will be clearly revealed in the legal proceedings that will be carried out in the future, so please avoid making articles about speculative facts that have not been confirmed because they are celebrities as if they are true. "We inform you that such speculative articles, malicious posts or malicious comments citing the articles may be subject to criminal legal action, such as a claim for damages in the future."," he stressed.

Yang Jung-won Warns Against Speculation Amid Legal Controversy
Yang Jung-won. Sports Chosun DB
Earlier, Yang Jung-won was sued for making false contract terms in the process of recruiting Pilates academy merchants. The Gangnam Police Station in Seoul said on the 1st that it is investigating officials from Yang Jung-won and Pilates Academy headquarters after receiving complaints from a number of victims on charges of violating the fraud and franchise business law.



According to the police, the victims are franchisees of Pilates Academy, where Yang Jung-won is an educational director and a promotional model. They argued that the contract to hire instructors directly from the headquarters to send them to affiliated stores and share operational know-how was not kept. In addition, it is reported that they deceived them by researching and developing Pilates equipment sold on the market for 26 million won and forced them to purchase it for 62 million won. The police are investigating Yang Jung-won and headquarters officials for alleged fraud and violations of the Affiliate Business Act.

In this regard, Yang Jung-won explained that "to correct the facts about the Pilates Academy franchise, we made a simple portrait rights use contract relationship as an advertising model, not as a business participant in the Pilates Academy franchise business."



Meanwhile, Yang Jung-won made her debut in the entertainment industry in 2008 with the drama `Young-ae C3 that just ate up.' After completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Physical Education at Yonsei University Graduate School, he is currently serving as the chief professor of medical pilates at Cha Medical College. In June, he was appointed as an ambassador for the 1st K-Pilates Contest.

Hereinafter, full text of the official position of Yang Jung-won's legal representative.

This is Dongin Dong-in, a law firm (limited) who is in charge of legal advice for Mr. Yang Jung-won.

Recently, an incorrect article was reported due to the issue of a Pilates company where Yang Jung-won signed an advertising model contract.

The corporation confirmed the facts of the case and confirmed that Yang Jung-won signed an advertising model contract with the Pilates franchisee and received some of the expenses related to simple portrait rights, and was in a position where the details of the project were unknown.

The details will be made clear in the legal process that will be carried out later, so please avoid publishing speculative facts that have not been confirmed because they are celebrities as if they are true.

We would like to inform you that such speculative articles, malicious posts citing the articles, and malicious comments may be subject to civil and criminal legal measures such as claims for damages in the future.



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