Ex-A&R Head of 143 Entertainment Exposes CEO Lee Yong-hak's Behavior and Financial Issues
Apr 29, 2025
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Former team leader Heo presented a luxury bag to a certain member at a press conference on the 29th at the press union meeting room of the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul" and "I even received billions of dollars from my parents."
On this day, former team leader Huh came out to testify about the damage in relation to the forced harassment of the idol belonging to 143 Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as '143 Entertainment') CEO Lee Yong-hak. Former team leader Huh "Since 2021, he has worked in A&R at 143 Entertainment. I was here at the request of the victim and his family. I didn't know it was this kind of representative because I didn't talk much with CEO Lee Yong-hak other than communicating about songs. The members said that the CEO only likes certain members. There was a situation where children were at odds. On one occasion, a member's mother complained about discrimination, and the representative apologized that it was a misunderstanding. As a result, CEO Lee's actions made the members wary. He explained, "I asked him to solve the problem through me as much as possible."
"As I worked for the company, I heard a lot of financial problems of CEO Lee Yong-hak. Trainer pay has also been pushed back. All of the employees' salaries were also pushed back. When I saw that I presented a luxury bag to a particular member, I lost my trust, so I left the company. It is not at all that Ga-eun, mentioned in the broadcast, caused a stir. Rather, CEO Lee Yong-hak also claimed that he received hundreds of millions of dollars from various parents.
On this day, Gaeun's mother claimed that CEO Lee Yong-hak sexually harassed Gaeun and announced that she had filed a complaint with the police station in her jurisdiction against Lee Yong-hak.
Earlier on November 22 last year, JTBC 'Case Team Leader' reported that a multinational girl group member who debuted in September 2024 was sexually harassed by the CEO of the agency. As a result, it was speculated that the victim was Ga-eun, and 143 said, "We inform you that there was no sexual contact between the member and the representative mentioned in the broadcast by any sexual harassment or other force, and the report is not true.", he denied.
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