It turns out that a total of 400 million deposit over two years..Lee Jang-woo, it was "victim" [Star Issue]

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Actor Lee Jang-woo (40) was also a "victim." Suspicions of Lee Jang-woo's sundae soup restaurant's failure to settle the price of food materials turned out to be an unfair incident.

On the morning of the 17th, entertainment media Dispatch reported that the receivables of the sundae soup restaurant run by Lee Jang-woo increased to 64 million won as of January 2025. It is said that the delivery price of 50 million won was delayed for more than a year to Company A, which traded from November 2023 to May 2025, and once increased to 64 million won.

Company A directly sent a DM (direct message) to Lee Jang-woo to urge him, but he did not receive a reply. Company A told the media, "If I paid back 2 million won, I would order 5 million won worth of (food materials). Then, the receivables will increase by 3 million won again," he claimed. "Lee Jang-woo is a famous celebrity, and I never dreamed of such a situation," he said.

As Lee Jang-woo has actively promoted the sundae soup restaurant on entertainment shows "Jeon Hyun-moo Plan" and large YouTube channels Gian84 and Tzuyang, the name alone drew criticism. Moreover, the exterior of Lee Jang-woo's Sundae Gukjip was illuminated with the phrase "No Trauma", and netizens' stinging eyes continued.

However, after the initial report, Lee Jang-woo announced his official position within four hours, and the situation turned around. It turned out that Lee Jang-woo was a "victim" who was hit by a bad fire.

The agency Hunus Entertainment corrected, saying, "The entire payment of the delivery has already been paid to Mujin Co., Ltd., which is a contractual customer, and the problem arose as Mujin failed to pay to Company A." In other words, it is explained that there was no direct contractual relationship with Company A between Lee Jang-woo and Lee Jang-woo's Sundaeguk restaurant.

The agency said, "It is not true that it was reported that Jang-woo Lee did not pay (Company A). In addition, the content that "Mujin was the owner of Lee Jang-woo's Sundaegukjip" mentioned in some reports is also not true. Lee Jang-woo has nothing to do with Mujin," he said, dismissing the allegations.

In particular, Lee Jang-woo's side has even released a statement of normal payment of food materials to Mujin, an intermediate company, to clean up suspicions. According to this, Lee Jang-woo's Sundae Gukjip deposited a total of KRW 445,379,771 to Mujin from January 8, 2024, to September 18, 2025.

In addition, Lee Jang-woo said, "In connection with the fact that Company A attempted to contact through Lee Jang-woo's SNS, more than dozens of messages are received on Lee Jang-woo's account a day. Messages from unfollowed accounts are classified as separate 'message request' boxes, making it difficult to immediately check them. Accordingly, it is true that the message was not confirmed in a timely manner, but I clearly state that it was not deliberately avoided or ignored."

Suspicions of receivables that were ultimately settled by happening. However, the sudden fall of the lightning came out of nowhere, so Lee Jang-woo expressed his discomfort, saying, "We regret the misunderstanding caused by content that is different from the truth." At the same time, he said, "We feel moral responsibility for the failure to fully examine whether intermediaries are implemented in this transaction structure."

Meanwhile, Lee Jang-woo married actor Cho Hye-won, who is eight years younger, in November last year.

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