It has been revealed that actress Hwang Jung-eum was subjected to the provisional seizure of real estate worth about 1.8 billion won during her divorce proceedings with her ex-husband Lee Young-don. She has since stated that this is expected to be lifted.
Earlier on the 23rd, a media outlet reported that part of the urban-type living dwellings owned by Hwang Jung-eum in Seongnae-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, was seized provisionally by Lee Young-don's side. According to the report, the steel processing company, Geom Co., where Lee Young-don is the representative, filed a lawsuit against Hwang Jung-eum for the return of a lending amounting to about 105 million won, and accordingly, two units of the Seongnae-dong dwellings were seized provisionally. Lee Young-don has also separately claimed a provisional seizure of about 100 million won.
The real estate in question is an urban-type living dwelling Hwang Jung-eum purchased in 2013 for a total of 18.7 billion won, which included 13 households. After marrying Lee Young-don in 2016, Hwang Jung-eum is reported to have lent some of Geom Co.'s funds during their marriage, and this led to legal disputes as she entered divorce proceedings without repaying the amount.
In response, Hwang Jung-eum's agency, Y1 Entertainment, clarified to OSEN, "The real estate provisional seizure is correct, but this is part of the process of sorting out joint property between the couple during the divorce proceedings," adding, "Once the process is sorted out, the provisional seizure will be naturally lifted."
Previously, Hwang Jung-eum married Lee Young-don in 2016 and had two sons. Although they faced a divorce crisis in 2020, they reconciled and had their second child. However, after eight years of marriage last year, they ultimately faced another breakdown and entered legal divorce proceedings.
The agency added, "The divorce lawsuit has been amicably concluded due to the court's mediation decision, and the issue of property partitioning, including the real estate provisional seizure, will also be sorted out sequentially."
[OSEN]