Separately, an anonymous source described as Jang’s close aide, told Chosun Ilbo, a leading daily newspaper, that the actress often had said she wanted to cancel her contract with the Contents Entertainment and that she was “frequently called by company representatives into a drinking party.” Kim,” a representative of the Contents Entertainment, so that he may be questioned in their investigation. Police also said they have requested the extradition from Japan of one “Mr.
If charged, the guests at the meetings could then be tried for violating Korea’s Anti-Prostitution Act. “Whether they were sexually engaged with these women is the next question.” “If the summoning of the named suspects does take place, the primary subject of investigation is whether the named figures pressured the agency to bring young actresses including Jang to these discreet gatherings,” police said at a press briefing Monday. DNA samples found in the room were collected for inspection.Īuthorities will next summon suspected guests of the talent agency once they match their names with the times and places of the alleged controversial meetings with Jang, the agency’s credit card bills and recorded telephone conversations. Investigators said they found a private guestroom last week - complete with a shower, a kitchen and a bed - inside the talent agency’s three-story office building in the southern section of the Korean capital. Police said Monday that they are investigating the tax accountants for the Seoul-based agency after finding a handwritten note in which the actress, who hanged herself at home on March 7, allegedly named the executives whom the agency forced her to entertain.
#JANG JA YEON EXECUTIVES NAMED TV#
SEOUL - South Korean police have expanded their investigation of talent agency the Contents Entertainment for allegedly forcing its client, the late Jang Ja-yeon, into providing sexual favors to media company executives in exchange for film and TV roles.