K-pop singer Rain and his managers were ordered to pay more than $8 million to Hawaii promoters for canceling a 2007 concert in Honolulu, the Associated Press reported, Thursday.
An American federal jury said the 26-year-old star, his agency at the time JYP Entertainment and two South Korean promotion companies breached a contract to perform, and defrauded Click Entertainment. Nearly $5 million was called for in punitive damages, with Rain and JYP each ordered to pay $2.4 million. An additional $1 million was awarded for damages related to the fraud and $2,286,000 was called for breach of contract. This amounts to about 11.27 billion won.
``We're obviously very disappointed with the jury's decision in this matter,'' Rain's lead lawyer, Jon Crocker, was quoted as saying. ``We maintain our position that both JYP and Rain fulfilled all their obligations with regard to the Hawaii performance. We will continue to vigorously defend them, wherever these promoters bring these baseless lawsuits.''
Rain's concert was canceled a few days before the scheduled June 15, 2007, event at Aloha Stadium. It was supposed to be the first stop of the ``Rain's Coming'' United States tour, and fans paid as much as $300 for a single ticket and flew to Honolulu from as far away as Japan. >>More
Who is Rain?
The 26-year-old singer is widely known as ``the Justin Timberlake of Asia.'' In addition to his dance music, he gained popularity for his roles in ``Full House'' and other Korean TV soaps. In 2006, Time magazine named him one of the ``100 most influential people in the world,'' and nominated him again this year for the online vote.
He made his Hollywood debut last year in the Wachowski brothers' film ``Speed Racer'' and will appear in a leading role in the upcoming action film ``Ninja Assassin,'' co-produced by the brothers and directed by James McTeigue.
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