Ju Hak-nyeon Denies All Allegations, Accuses Won Hundred of Fabricating Prostitution Claims
Jun 23, 2025
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Ju Hak-nyeon posted the third statement on his account on the 20th. He "The agency suddenly demanded to sign an agreement to pay more than 2 billion won with the termination of the exclusive contract. It even demanded a huge amount of penalties that could not be claimed under the contract. I couldn't accept the unfair demands of the agency. When the agreement was not signed on the 17th, the agency announced my withdrawal in an official position the next day, and there was a single report that he had suddenly engaged in prostitution, making him an unscrupulous sex trafficker. The next day, based on a false article, he immediately filed a complaint with the investigative agency for prostitution. The whole process was so strange as if it were ready. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that someone was making a reason to terminate the exclusive contract" raised a conspiracy theory.
`If I give up my life without revealing the truth, I will forever be remembered as a sex offender.' `I will hold the media accountable to the end for reporting as sex offenders without any grounds and try to find out who is behind them," he stressed.
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The principal student did not engage in any illegal activities, including sex trafficking. I never agreed to leave the team or to terminate the exclusive contract," he said, insisting on the unfair treatment of Wonhundred.
However, according to multiple K-pop officials, Ju Hak-nyeon reportedly received an exclusive deposit of 1.5 billion won when he signed a three-year exclusive contract with Wonhundred from Dec. 8, 2024, to Dec. 7, 2027. The contract between Ju Hak-nyeon and Wonhundred was terminated on the 16th. It is only 190 times that Ju Hak-nyeon and Wonhundred's exclusive contract was fulfilled. Therefore, Ju Hak-nyeon must return the remaining exclusive down payment excluding the amount for 190 days. If this is set off by date, the amount will be about 1.23 billion won. In other words, out of the '2 billion penalty' claimed by Ju Hak-nyeon, 1.23 billion won is 'return money', not 'weak penalty', and the remaining 770 million won is a pure penalty.
According to the Fair Trade Commission's standard exclusive contract, if the exclusive contract is terminated due to reasons attributable to the artist, the penalty will be set by multiplying the average monthly sales of the previous two years by the number of months remaining in the contract. In the case of Ju Hak-nyeon, a penalty of about 800 million won was imposed by multiplying the average value of sales made by The Boyz for half a year after signing an exclusive contract by the number of months remaining. However, officials believe that sales of about 30 million won a month would have been light, as THE BOYZ's third full-length album Unexpected Spectated, which was released in March, exceeded 700,000 copies at the beginning and gained popularity with active activities at home and abroad after moving to One Hundred. In other words, the 800 million won penalty is never an excessive amount.
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