South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun has been sued for over US$2million by two corporations he beforehand served as an commercial mannequin for, following his current controversies.
Korean information outlet YTN reported that two unidentified corporations sought compensation for damages and reimbursement for his or her fee to the actor for his or her commercial contracts. His commercial contracts had been prematurely terminated after the household of late actress Kim Sae-ron publicly accused Kim Soo-hyun of being romantically concerned together with her, ranging from when she was 15 years outdated and he was 27 years outdated.
In response to YTN, the overall worth of the lawsuits filed by each corporations have amounted to about ₩30billion, roughly US$2million. The outlet additionally added that there’ll possible be extra corporations submitting lawsuits in opposition to Kim Soo-hyun. “Kim Soo-hyun has signed commercial mannequin contracts with 15 manufacturers, every valued between ₩1billion (about US$696,000) and ₩1.2billion (about US$835,000),” it wrote, per translations by Koreaboo.
“Normally, corporations are reluctant to make it identified that they had been the primary ones to file a lawsuit [against their model]. However as soon as one firm recordsdata a lawsuit, extra might be anticipated to affix afterward,” a lawyer instructed the outlet.
Other than courting rumours, Kim Soo-hyun had additionally been accused of ignoring Kim Sae-ron’s makes an attempt to contact him final yr after she was served a discover by his company, Gold Medalist, which she was additionally signed to till late 2022. The discover demanded she pay the corporate ₩700million for damages in relation to her DUI incident in 2022.
The actress handed in early February on the age 24, with authorities treating her loss of life as a suicide.
