Trainer Yang Chi-seung Loses Administrative Lawsuit Against Gangnam District Office Over Gym Eviction

Trainer and TV personality Yang Chi-seung has lost an administrative lawsuit filed against the Gangnam District Office regarding a gym eviction dispute.

Yesterday, the Seoul Administrative Court dismissed all claims filed by Yang seeking to nullify the imposition of compensation fees against the head of the Gangnam District Office.

The court also ordered Yang to bear the legal costs.

The dispute began while Yang was operating a gym in a public parking lot building in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

He signed a lease agreement with a private development company in 2018 and moved into the building.

The building in question was constructed under an arrangement where a private developer built the facility, donated it to Gangnam District, used it free of charge for 20 years, and then transferred the management and operational rights to the district office.

However, when the private developer's free-use period expired in November 2022, an eviction issue arose for the tenants.

The Gangnam District Office, which took over the management and operational rights of the building, demanded that Yang and other tenants evacuate.

In response, Yang protested, stating that he had not been properly informed about the eviction due to the expiration of the free-use period when he signed the contract with the lessor.

He maintained that he could not evacuate immediately because he had not received his deposit back.

Subsequently, the Gangnam District Office imposed tens of millions of won in compensation fees, claiming that Yang was illegally occupying the building.

Yang filed an administrative lawsuit to contest this, but the court once again did not accept his claims.

Yang had previously lost a building handover lawsuit filed by the Gangnam District Office.

He eventually closed the gym in July of last year, and the ruling was finalized in October of the same year when the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal without a trial.

Reported by Kim Minjeong | Video by Seo Byeong-wook | Design by Yook Do-hyun | Produced by SBS Digital News
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