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Posted by Susan-Han Thursday, November 10, 2022

Spire Ent. CEO Kang forced OMEGA X to perform despite testing positive for COVID-19; agency currently demanding large amount of 'unpaid fees' from members

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On November 11, SBS News exclusively revealed that the incident in LA, which took place on October 22, was not the first time that boy group OMEGA X had been threatened and abused by CEO Kang of Spire Entertainment.

Previously, it was reported that CEO Kang has decided to resign from Spire Entertainment after being filmed yelling at the members of OMEGA X in LA. In addition to threatening the members, Kang also grappled with member Jaehan after the group returned to the hotel, and proceeded to pound on the doors of the group members' hotel rooms until police showed up. 

According to insiders, Kang's anger ensued due to the fact that the members of OMEGA X did not read some comments they were supposed to read out loud at the end of their LA concert, thanking the Spire Entertainment staff. After the incident, the members of OMEGA X returned to Korea by purchasing return flights using their personal funds.

Now, it's been revealed that the OMEGA X members experienced frequent threats from CEO Kang in the past. According to some of the members, who spoke with SBS News, "Kang frequently called us late at night and would lecture us for 1~2 hours. She also messaged us incessantly on KakaoTalk and would threaten us if we did not respond. Some of the members who are suffering from anxiety disorder had a very hard time because of the threats."

In a set of KakaoTalk messages CEO Kang threatens a manager of OMEGA X, as well as member Jaehan and another member:

"Manager X exacerbated misunderstandings between the artists and the company with all kinds of lies. 
Finding this a cause for dismissal, you are officially fired. 
If you accompany our company's artists, I will sue you. 
Get off the plane. This is an order. 
Kim Jae Han, get off the plane. 
You must face all penalties associated with violating orders from the company. 
Both of you, get off the plane. 
Kim Jae Han, member Y, get off the plane. 
You are not only fired, your contracts will be terminated. 
Do you think I'm joking?"

Furthermore, SBS News has discovered evidence that Kang forced members of OMEGA X to perform during their overseas tour even after the members tested positive for COVID-19 using self-test kits. 

Two months ago in late September, four members of OMEGA X tested positive for COVID-19 before a scheduled concert. However, CEO Kang simply told the members, "Steel yourselves mentally and go on stage."

Two of the four members were ultimately too sick with fever to perform, but two others were strongly encouraged to perform as many songs as possible:

"We are in an emergency situation. Get yourselves together.
Members, get your head straight and act like professionals.
You need to have a group mentality.
That is how you gain real experience.
Do not act on your own. This is war.
We are in Chile. No one is going to help us. Do it yourself.
Hyuk, Jaehyun, Yechan, and Kevin. You guys just do 3 or 4 songs and go rest backstage. 
Jaehan, tell the fans that these four are not feeling well, and apologize to them.
Or the four of you, just perform slow songs.
(Yanghyuk: I have a high fever and body aches, and my voice isn't working at all.)
Okay Hyuk, just do the group greeting and then sit the rest of it out.
If you're feeling sick, go take a hot bath [before the show]."

It's believed that CEO Kang violated COVID-19 quarantine regulations in effect in this particular foreign country during OMEGA X's tour. 

Meanwhile, SBS News has also reported that Spire Entertainment has recently forwarded a statement of accounts to 10 out of 11 OMEGA X members, claiming that each member owed up to 400 million KRW (~ $300,000 USD) in unpaid fees. 

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JVLIXN
JVLIXN3,653 pts Thursday, November 10, 2022 1
Thursday, November 10, 2022

I hope the boys get a good lawyer this horrible… the kind of shit you see in kdramas

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omg that kang girl be better prepared because this is just the beggining for her downfall because k-netizens are going to discover her dirties secrets...omg so many issues hve been touched by this woman and they are so alarming

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