Song Min-ho Faces Lawsuit Over Undelivered Painting and Military Service Allegations
Jan 25, 2025
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JTBC 'Case Team Leader' aired an informant A's claim that he purchased Song Min-ho's painting on the 24th.
Mr. A purchased a work called 'I thought' at Song Min-ho's first private exhibition in December 2022 for 25 million won. The work was supposed to be delivered in February 2023, after the exhibition ended, but the gallery delayed the delivery of the work due to overseas exhibition schedules.
Then, the curator in charge told A 'Song Min-ho doesn't want to sell his work. I decided to give you a similar picture that I worked on recently. Mr. A protested against selling paintings that were not for sale. However, the work in question was already a painting reserved by Song Min-ho's famous colleague Yeo Soo-soo. The fact that there was no sales plan in the first place. Song Min-ho explained that the gallery in charge of the consignment sales received a reservation for sales without the artist's consent.
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The first trial court ruled that A should deliver the painting and pay the deposit if it cannot be delivered.
However, A demanded a settlement of 40 million won, saying that the lawyer's fee alone cost at least 20 million won and compensation for other litigation preparation costs and mental damage.
The second trial court did not admit the request for settlement, and A is considering an appeal.
Song Min-ho is already suffering from allegations of poor service. Song Min-ho served as a social service worker at a resident convenience facility in Mapo-gu, Seoul, but he had problems with his service, such as traveling to Hawaii for five nights and six days, not keeping the time to go to work properly, and missing from handling civil complaints or playing games because he was a celebrity even if he went to work.
The police, who received an investigation request from the Military Manpower Administration, booked Song Min-ho on December 23 last year on charges of violating the Military Service Act. On the 23rd, Song Min-ho was called to investigate. Song Minho served normallyIt is known that the statement was made to the effect that ' Based on the investigation, the police plan to consider whether to summon Song Min-ho further.
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