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SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Monday ordered the former agency of South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na to pay her outstanding portions of her endorsement money.
The Seoul Central District Court said it has handed down a settlement between Kim and IB Sports, under which the company must pay the figure star 800 million won ($691,440) by Jan. 13.
Under the settlement, the two sides agreed not to file another civil or criminal suit regarding their old management deal, according to the court.
Kim filed the suit against IB Sports in November 2010, alleging that the company owed her 876 million won from her endorsement deals she signed while under IB's management.
Kim's deal with IB Sports expired in April last year, and she and her mother founded a new agency named All That Sports. Kim, the reigning Olympic gold medalist and the 2009 world champion, is one of South Korea's most popular athletes. Though she has not competed this year amid speculation about retirement, Kim remains a highly sought-after star among local advertisers.
After the suit was filed, IB Sports countered that it was entitled to its share from Kim's endorsement deals that she reached while with IB.
This was Kim's second legal dispute with a former management firm. In April 2007, she joined IB Sports while still under contract with International Merchandising Corp., a subsidiary of the multinational management firm IMG. The skater said she chose IB Sports because the previous agency failed to line up enough endorsement deals for her.
International Merchandising sued IB Sports for damages, claiming IB had improperly tried to entice Kim away from the IMG subsidiary. But a Seoul court ruled in May 2008 that under Korean law, athletes can terminate contracts with agents at their discretion.
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김연아, 前소속사와 8억원 소송 '승소'
(서울=연합뉴스) '피겨여왕' 김연아(22·고려대)와 전 소속사 IB 스포츠 사이의 법정분쟁이 사실상 김연아의 승소와 다름없는 조정으로 마무리됐다.
서울중앙지법 민사합의45부(고충정 부장판사)는 김연아가 전 소속사 ㈜IB스포츠를 상대로 수익금을 돌려달라며 낸 수익배분금 청구소송에서 "IB스포츠 측이 김연아 에게 이달 13일까지 8억원을 지급하는 내용의 조정이 성립됐다"고 2일 밝혔다.
이 같은 조정 금액은 김연아가 소송을 내며 회사 측에 지급을 요구한 금액인 8 억7천만원에 거의 육박하는 수준이다.
조정 조항에는 또 `매니지먼트 관련 분쟁을 원만히 종결하기로 합의했음을 확인 하고, 상호 간 일체의 비방을 하지 않는다', `매니지먼트 계약과 관련된 일체의 민 ·형사상 이의를 제기하지 않는다', `소송·조정 비용은 각자 부담한다' 등의 내용 도 담겼다.
김연아는 지난 2010년 11월 "현대자동차, 국민은행 등이 김연아에 대한 후원금 과 광고 모델료로 IB스포츠에 지급한 금액 가운데 8억7천600만원을 받지 못했다"며 이 회사를 상대로 소송을 냈다.
당시 IB스포츠는 "김연아 선수가 IB스포츠 소속 때 맺은 광고계약 일부를 연장 해서 이행하고 있는 것이라서 이 부분에 대한 권리는 우리 측에 있다"고 맞섰다.
김연아는 소송에 앞선 2010년 4월 IB스포츠와의 계약이 만료되면서 자신이 주주 로 참여한 새 매니지먼트사인 올댓스포츠를 설립해 현재 활동하고 있다.
