
The case initially caused wide-spread sensation, particularly online amongst the many bloggers of South Korea, due to the content of her suicide note. She also starred in two cinematic productions, ‘They Are Coming’ and ‘Penthouse Elephant’. Jang, who was believed to have taken her own life at approximately 1630 on March 7, was a relatively well known actress on the widely popular KBS television soap, ‘ Kkotboda Namja’ ( Boys Over Flowers / Boys Before Flowers). It was believed that Jang had been residing with her older sister and younger brother in Bundang, Seong-nam, Gyeonggi-do since the death of both her mother and father in a road accident in 1999. The suicide-abuse case of South Korean actress Jang Ja-Yeon, who was found hanged from a stairway banister by her older sister on Maat 1942, has recently come back into the public, private and government spotlight.īorn on December 8, 1982, the actress was 27 years of age at the time of her death. Regarding actress Yoon, the lawyer said she was not in a position to know every detail of what happened to Jang because the former was a trainee and only worked with the agency for seven months.Editors’ Note: This is the first installment of several looking into the circumstances surrounding actress Jang Ja-yeon’s suicide which has been buried for nearly two years due to the clout of some powerful people who were related to the case. He said Kim lied again and again and reversed what he had said earlier and fabricated what happened to Jang to defame his client. That day turned out not to be the anniversary of her mother's death, and the actress even went to see her boyfriend and they drank after Jang left the dinner that involved alcohol consumption," the lawyer said. Jang was forced to entertain her clients even on the anniversary of her mother's death because my client blackmailed her, but this is untrue. He went on to say that Jang's former manager Kim lied about what happened to the late actress. They distorted the facts and portrayed my client as a person responsible for her death," the lawyer said. "The two held media interviews and gave false information in order to get my client punished. In a statement, his lawyer claimed the two used his client and the late actress Jang for their own purposes. Kim of The Content Entertainment submitted documents to Seoul District Central Court, July 1, demanding 1 billion won ― 500 million each from Yoon and Kim ― as financial compensation for defaming him. His statement came days after Kim, the founder of The Content Entertainment filed a lawsuit against him and actress Yoon Ge-o for defamation. He said he would take legal action, filing both civil and criminal suits, against his former boss. He said his statements were consistent and true, and he didn't make up anything regarding accusations made by his former boss Kim. In a statement released Tuesday, Kim Tae-ho claimed that he has been trying hard to unearth the truth surrounding the death of the actress and fully cooperated with law enforcement officials who investigated the case. Jang was found dead at her home in 2009 and is believed to have committed suicide. Kim Tae-ho, a former manager of the late actress Jang Ja-yeon and CEO of entertainment agency Thcompany, is threatening to take legal action against his former boss, also surnamed Kim, who founded the now defunct The Content Entertainment.
