A former contestant of '소년판타지2,' Yoo Jun-won, faces the risk of being sued.
On the 31st, Funky Studio, the production company of MBC's '소년판타지-After School Excitement season 2' (hereafter 소년판타지), warned of firm legal action against Yoo Jun-won for carrying out a second unilateral activity.
Yoo Jun-won recently posted on his social media account, "I will hold a fan meeting that I have been preparing for a long time for the first time in Japan," announcing that he will hold fan meetings in Japan on March 7 and 8.
In particular, despite having previously attempted to hold a fan meeting in Japan in 2024 without consulting the production company Funky Studio and being caught, resulting in the cancellation of the performance, he was again exposed by reports from fans of his group Fantasy Boys for attempting to push forward a Japanese fan meeting.
Notably, this fan meeting appears to be organized by changing companies within Japan and using elaborate and crafty methods. Generally, the Japanese entertainment industry has long-standing unwritten rules and customs to refrain from or restrict the activities of an entertainer when contractual legal disputes between the agency and the entertainer are ongoing, yet 'MY ENT SHOP,' which is leading this Japanese fan meeting, is showing an unreasonable behavior that disregards these industry customs.
Accordingly, Funky Studio plans to respond with a zero-tolerance policy not only toward Yoo Jun-won personally but also toward the behind-the-scenes forces trying to push ahead with this fan meeting. Kiss Entertainment, the Japanese management company for Fantasy Boys, also said that if 'MY ENT SHOP' proceeds with the performance, it will file a lawsuit claiming damages along with strong legal action.
Meanwhile, Yoo Jun-won appeared on the MBC survival audition '소년판타지-After School Excitement season 2,' which aired in 2023. He was originally ranked first and was to debut in the debut group, and he was scheduled to debut as part of FANTASY BOYS (Fantasy Boys), but he had conflicts with his agency by demanding a higher revenue distribution rate because he was ranked first. Ultimately, Fantasy Boys debuted as an 11-member group excluding Yoo Jun-won, and production company Funky Studio filed a lawsuit seeking damages in the 3 billion won range against Yoo Jun-won, and the trial is ongoing.
Afterward, Yoo Jun-won filed an injunction to suspend the effectiveness of his exclusive contract against Funky Studio, but it was dismissed. Funky Studio made clear that it "plans to hold him strictly accountable for acts of recklessly pursuing solo activities in defiance of the court's ruling" and that "not only Yoo Jun-won personally but also the Japanese company leading this Japanese fan meeting will be made to face severe legal judgment without any settlement or leniency so that such malicious precedents never occur again in the entertainment industry."
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