Jury Rules Singer Rain, Management Owe $8 Million

Lawsuit Involves Canceled 2007 Aloha Stadium Concert

HONOLULU — A federal jury on Thursday awarded a local promoter $8 million in a lawsuit filed against Korean pop singer Rain.

The jury found that the popular singer made fraudulent statements knowing that the local promoter was relying on him to hold a concert at Aloha Stadium even after it was canceled. Local promoter Click Entertainment sued Rain, whose real name is Jung Jihoon, and his former management company for canceling an Aloha Stadium concert slated for June 2007. The jury awarded the promoter $2.286 million in actual damages, $1 million for fraud, $2.4 million punitive damage against Rain and another $2.4 million in punitive damages against his management company.

Promoter already won default judgments against two companies who licensed the contracts. Rain and his management company had given the authority to companies Revolution, Star M to act on their behalf. Click Entertainment had been awarded $2 million from each contracting company. Neither company is in existence, so collecting those awards appears unlikely.
Rain testified in court that he did not know why the concert was canceled and hoped to some day return to perform in Hawaii.

Source: www.kitv.com
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