"Cha Ga-won and MC Mong stop filming and head to a luxury store"... Entertainment insider reveals ('PD Notebook') [Star Issue]

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'PD Notebook' exposed the spending habits of PIAQ Group Chairman Cha Ga-won and singer MC Mong.

The episode titled 'MC Mong and the Chairman's K-Pop Trade Secrets,' which aired on the 2nd on MBC's 'PD Notebook,' investigated the exclusive contract disputes where singers affiliated with the agency One Hundred Label were leaving one after another, as well as allegations of overseas gambling and embezzlement related to the company's fund management.

On that day, the 'PD Notebook' team conducted an interview with an entertainment company insider. An insider, referred to as A, stated about Cha Ga-won: "'Stop filming,' he suddenly says, and goes to a luxury store with MC Mong. Upon arrival, he says, 'Hey, all managers, come up.' Then, with shopping bags from Chanel, Hermès, and Celine pouring in, he becomes a stylist right there. Suddenly, he says, 'Hey, what's the problem with me dressing my own kid?'"

Another insider, referred to as B, also claimed: "'I'll give you a building,' 'I'll give you a house,' Cha Ga-won says this with a tone like, 'Let's have a meal next time.' Originally, he was planning to build something in Hannam-dong and turn it into something like a UN Village for artists, a BPM Village... He would say where he lives, where Lee Mu-jin lives, where Lee Su-geun lives, which floor he gives to Ha Sung-woon. There were many such instances."

Cha Ga-won and MC Mong co-founded the entertainment agency 'One Hundred Label' in December 2023. Since then, the two have rapidly grown into emerging powerhouses in the entertainment industry by acquiring and absorbing Big Planet Made Entertainment, Million Market, and INB100, which includes EXO EXO-CBX (Chen, Baekhyun, Xiumin), backed by their immense capital.

However, Cha Ga-won and MC Mong's unrestrained actions began to falter in June last year when MC Mong was suddenly excluded from all operations. Following this, rumors of an affair surfaced alongside circumstances suggesting hundreds of billions of won in abnormal financial transactions between Cha Ga-won, who is married, and MC Mong, causing a major stir. To make matters worse, a recent crisis involving the non-payment of massive settlement funds led to a large-scale exodus, with key artists such as Lee Mu-jin, The Boyz, Lee Seung-gi, VIVIZ (Eunha, Shin-bi, Umji) from Girls' Generation, and EXO-CBX notifying the agency of contract termination and filing for injunctions.

In particular, Cha Ga-won's side filed for an injunction, claiming that the 'PD Notebook' preview footage was filmed without consent and maliciously edited, citing "serious infringement of portrait and voice rights" and "serious defamation through malicious distortion and editing." They demanded a payment of 10 million won for each violation.

However, on the 2nd, the Seoul Western District Court rejected Cha Ga-won's application for an injunction to prohibit the use of portrait rights and to stop the broadcast of MBC's 'PD Notebook'.

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