PRODUCE 101 SAMUEL STRUGGLE TO GET BACK INTO KOREA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

It seems his fate is currently unfortunate, as previously his father was murdered by a thief. A suspect has been arrested in the death of Jose Arredondo, a California businessman and father of K-pop star Samuel. Arredondo was found dead in his condo in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, with signs of blunt force trauma on July 1. Now, he need still to face law suit about his own contract with Brave brothers.

Back in 2019, Samuel—who was then signed to Brave Entertainment—announced his decision to promote as an independent artist. The agency responded by announcing that Samuel’s decision had been unilateral and that they planned to take legal action. Samuel’s mother and lawyer went on to reveal that the singer had filed a legal complaint against Brave Entertainment. f Samuel Kim's lawsuit to dissolve his exclusive contract with Brave Entertainment, the singer filed a criminal complaint against the producer and CEO, claiming Brave Brothers had forged private documents and embezzled funds.

It has released an official statement responding to the police’s decision to drop the charges he filed against Brave Entertainment founder and CEO Brave Brothers. This means Samuel’s separate legal dispute with Brave Entertainment over the validity of his contract is still ongoing.

In before, Samuel also filed a separate criminal complaint accusing Brave Brothers of fraud, embezzlement, and forgery.

This week, it was revealed that on June 25, the police had ultimately cleared Brave Brothers of all charges after finding him innocent during their investigations.

On Brave Entertainment's countersuit, he expressed, "Brave Entertainment is demanding 1 billion Won ($885,041.90 USD) in damages for unclear reasons when I was a minor at the time. They've stated I have maliciously filed a lawsuit against them for no reason, causing confusion for the public and tarnishing my image."

Samuel express his dissatisfaction:

The police’s decision not to forward the case to the prosecution does not signify the end of this incident [for me], and I plan to appeal this decision as soon as possible and request that the prosecution carefully look over the case to see if there weren’t any shortcomings within the investigation and whether the case was investigated thoroughly.

Additionally, as I have sufficient evidence to prove that this decision not to prosecute was wrong, I also plan to request a reinvestigation.

I filed these criminal charges because, in the midst of filing my ongoing lawsuit to nullify my exclusive contract, I discovered that the agency attempted to conceal [certain facts] from its artist and hid the truth. Therefore, in order to [learn and] confirm those facts, I moved forward with filing a criminal complaint.

With nothing but the desire to start my activities as a singer as soon as I possibly can, I have remained quiet, and in order to smoothly resolve this dispute, I have never even made so much as a public statement.

Therefore, I have decided to break my long silence, and by fighting with Brave Entertainment and Brave Brothers until the very end, I hope that the details of what is true and what isn’t become clear to not only the Korean judicial system, but to the public as well.

Thank you.