▲ Actor Ji Soo
A court ruling has been finalized ordering the former agency of actor Ji Soo, who stepped down from his lead role in the KBS drama "River Where the Moon Rises" following allegations of school bullying, to pay 880 million won in damages to the drama's production company.
KeyEast, Ji Soo's former agency, submitted a withdrawal of its appeal to the Supreme Court's Third Division (Justice Oh Seok-keun presiding) on June 24.
As a result, the appellate court's ruling that KeyEast must pay approximately 880 million won, plus accrued interest, to the production company Victory Contents (now Canvas N) has been finalized.
In March 2021, when the KBS 2TV Monday-Tuesday drama "River Where the Moon Rises" had aired up to its sixth episode, allegations of school bullying surfaced against Ji Soo, who played the male lead, On Dal.
Ji Soo immediately admitted to some of the allegations and voluntarily stepped down from the show. At the time, filming had been completed up to the 18th episode out of a total of 20.
The production company brought in Na In-woo as a replacement starting from the seventh episode to continue production, and once the drama stabilized, they also re-filmed episodes 1 through 6.
Subsequently, the production company filed a lawsuit against KeyEast, Ji Soo's agency at the time, seeking 3 billion won in damages, including additional production costs incurred from the re-filming.
The first trial ordered the agency to pay approximately 1.42 billion won, but the amount was reduced to approximately 880 million won in the second trial.
(Photo courtesy of KeyEast, Yonhap News)
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