Singer and producer MC몽 recently addressed various allegations surrounding him, but former agency employees have come forward with a sharp rebuttal.
During a social media live broadcast on May 18, MC몽 revealed that MBC’s ‘PD Notebook’ had requested his position regarding allegations that he used company operating funds for illegal gambling.
MC몽 reacted strongly, saying, “What kind of nonsense is this? Using company funds for illegal gambling? If you look at the source of the funds and the accounts, the truth will come out. Check my accounts too. How could I possibly gamble with company money?”
He continued, “When THE BOYZ’s previous company offered 500 million won per person as a signing bonus, we gave them a total of 16.5 billion won. That’s more than three times the amount.” He added, “BigPlanetMade Entertainment (BPM) and Chairman 차가원 really spent a lot of money.”
Defending Chairman 차가원, MC몽 claimed, “Baekhyun’s first album cost 10 billion won, and the second cost about 5 billion. The rookie group BADVILLAIN costs 30 billion. These days, you can’t even make an idol group with 20 billion won. It takes an enormous amount of money.” He expressed his frustration, saying, “A company survives if you spend 100,000 won per person, but we’re spending 10 million. That’s why this has grown so large. But gambling with that money? Does that make sense? I want to ask if they even know how much was given in signing bonuses.”
During the broadcast, MC몽 caused a stir by claiming construction worker A was involved in gambling and mentioning the real names of current celebrities, including famous singers and actors. He also took aim at former employees who had left the company.
Following the broadcast, a former employee of One Hundred, the parent company of BigPlanetMade Entertainment, posted on social media: “It would have been simple if you just paid the salaries on time. We still haven’t received our pay. It would have been fine if the national pension, health insurance, and severance pay weren’t delayed. Why would employees leave if they were paid properly and artists were well-maintained? He’s attacking employees who had to work part-time jobs just to survive. I’ll make sure to show up this Friday.”
An employee from INB100, a label under One Hundred, also wrote, “I don’t know what he means by employees being the same. We didn’t receive salaries, severance pay, or annual leave allowances, and even our four major insurances and national pension were in arrears. He asks why employees leave? Payments to vendors were delayed all year, leaving the staff to suffer in the middle, and our professional networks were ruined. Who would stay? Everyone only endured it for the sake of the artists.”
They added, “No matter how many times the representative on the business license changed, the person managing the company funds remained the same from start to finish. Whether it was gambling or embezzlement, we don’t care where the advance payments went. The person holding the purse strings should have just properly paid the employees, artists, and business partners. Give us our money.”
