Rain denies holding gambling debt.
This will be Cloud USA‘s final post on the matter unless or until something of significance occurs. We will not give more attention to Mr. Kim’s silly temper tantrum, nor give him any more air time.
He doesn’t deserve it.
Rain does, however, deserve a chance to refute the allegations under a subject line that hasn’t automatically taken Mr. Kim’s stance as fact.
— Stephe ^@@^ and Terri :-}
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10asia 10/19/2010 —
Rain denies holding gambling debt
Korean singer and actor Rain has denied charges of failing to pay back money he borrowed from a Korean-American for gambling in the United States three years ago.
The response came just hours after Korean sports daily Sports Seoul broke news yesterday that IT entrepreneur and concert promoter Andrew Kim had sued the 28-year-old superstar for not repaying him 150 thousand dollars he used to cover his gambling debt and finance further gambling at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas in June 2007.
“There was no form of financial transaction whatsoever between Rain (and Kim),” Rain’s legal representative Yoon & Yang LLC said in a statement issued through his agency J.Tune Entertainment.
Kim had dealt on financial terms only with Star M, holder of the rights to Rain’s 2007 world tour, while Kim himself said there is no document to prove that Rain borrowed money, Yoon & Yang further stated.
While Kim had admitted in the news report that he does not have a promissory note to back his argument, he said it was because “he is not someone without money, he is a star” and the two “were friends as well as business partners,” as also mentioned in the suit he has filed to court.
The suit also said Rain has a “heavy gambling habit” which showed in how he “repeatedly placed bets upwards of $10,000” and Kim then told Sports Seoul that Rain visited casinos in Las Vegas up to four times in 2007, including a week immediately before his LA concert in June.
Yoon & Yang rebutted this accusation as well, explaining that Rain did visit Las Vegas before his June 30 concert to meet with acquaintances and attend his own birthday party they prepared for him but he dropped by the party only briefly because that is when a suit over his cancelled Hawaii show emerged.
In addition to the gambling claims, Kim accused Rain of trying to avoid serving Korea’s two-year mandatory military service by obtaining a green card in the U.S. “Kim arranged and paid for Rain to consult with an immigration attorney…” the suit said.
However, Yoon & Yang shrugged off Kim’s allegation as “intolerable slander” and instead affirmed it was to discuss on his working visa in the U.S., compulsory for the actor to expand his career to the country.
“It is common sense that he would not sell off the reputation he has worked so hard to build up on over the past ten years by avoiding military service,” the statement read.
Rain had received a notice to enter the military this year but the Military Manpower Administration (MMA) granted the date to be deferred till next year for reasons relating to his singing and acting career.
“This is no more than a fraudulent lawsuit through which Andrew Kim is marring Rain’s status by abusing his celebrity status and attempting to gain advantage in his suit over the cancellation of the LA show,” the statement ended by saying.
Rain’s LA show had failed to take place over several conflicts between Rain’s agency and Kim’s company which resulted in a lawsuit filed against the star, but a court had deemed Rain does not hold any responsibility for the cancellation.
Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, has been considered one of the most successful Korean stars in the entertainment business throughout Asia since his debut in 2002.
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Cloud USA 
Well all I am going to say about this matter is bull****. As far as Rain goes…Aja Aja fighting!
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i swear thid id very a bruning in pain coz he keep goes on and on ovber a rediocious thing same over and over i am gals that rainmust speficly cleard he mention right their that it hurt his poplution in korean and the most importand is in US that why it hurt rain he never recived any good from them coz everytime rain become suceed or popluar or known as good new their something alway attack his carrer i fely so bad that this mr. kim sould be ashame and rain
luck this guy in jile for the rest of his life if rain not going to clear this someone will become a victim of this and i know again rain either rain is totally innecont from his haers a guy who been debut for 8 years long have no such tase in gambling how the HECK !! rain come out and borrow mr. kim money and how until these for the past 3 years oh LORD use yourr brain damit rain all his thinking is have his hardworking become more achicment and acomplishment his world star and suceed everything he the money he work for are his from his heart and and been work nonestop u know i never see rain have any peces sent he got back from MTV MOVIES Award and rest well and know what after his FUGITIVE their an lawsuit again rain the same boo shit again!1 rain would even brother to put one finger in gambling that the bottom line of rain this guy love eating and suporting alot arphan childresn or charity no way rain put his life and rule by one seond give a break !! and i know that rain it tooking this seriouly here the fact he is innecoont inside out………. and i know rain well relveas the trus !!
i BELIVE RAIN and i know rain himself does it too!!
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this Kim guy is just having a temper tantrum coz he lost!!! But Rain must clarify everything and go all the way so this person can get what he deserve, not one penny and total discredit and shame. Rain must clear his name fully coz he has work his a** to be where he is now and nobody has the right to get dirt over his name. Aza aza fighting!!!! Love ya baby Rain!!!
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~~~LOL~~~it is some kind of attempt to undermine Rain’s popularity . Lack of
Credibility for Mr. Kim has already been shown and anyone can say anything in an attempt to file a suit..but will easily be trashed..just as the original case to stop Rain from having concerts in the US..the case all started with the Las Vegas suit to stop Rain by Rain Entertainment of USA. and that too was trashed…and not credible.
it is some kind of JOKE..just to imagine Rain a gambler is most crazy thing to say, He was only a young man of 24, and did not even speak english and JYPE had total control over his every move and gambling is not even part of his life.!!!!
It is a waste of time for such a PRODUCTIVE FOREVER BUSY WORKING person like JIHOON JUNG…he would rather spend his money on his hobby, and eating good food.!!! HE HAS A LIFESTYLE THAT IS THE ENVY OF ALL MEN WHO WISH THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER THAT KEEPS THEM INTERESTED AND MOTIVATED TO DO WHAT HE LOVES AND LOVES WHAT HE DOES. ~~~LOL~~~THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE ON GAMBLING.
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it will be the same result as the other idiotic lawsuits he has faced…Kim will look like an ass, which he most defenitely is..such a loser should be sued back for defamation and take anything he’s got just for laughs, I know I would be laughing, such morons should not live in this world…we love you BI and support you…and no more on that subject!! 😉
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Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath, Star, because there won’t be any intelligent information from Mr. Kim, because he is merely the disgruntled loser in a past lawsuit against Rain and this is his form of vengeance.
That is all. Period. There is no truth to his tale.
Terri :-}
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Thank you for not feeding the fire that will soon burn Mr. Kim! He isn’t “post-worthy” but here I am replying! I appreciate getting the all information bias or otherwise because then you here the WHOLE story.
I’m still waiting on any intelligent information from Mr. Kim….we probably won’t get any. Oh well, Rain hang in there! You have Clouds under you where he only slick ice!
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