Choi accused Yoon that she was not a friend of Jang and he never heard of Yoon's name when Jang was alive. Choi, came forward to suspect Yoon's intention while she was promoting her book regarding Jang's death and also receiving money donation on her crowdfunding accounts regarding the case. Jang's former labelmate, Yoon Ji-oh, came forward publicly with her testimony about the agency's mistreatment of Jang as a result of the reopened investigation into Jang's death. In 2019, President Moon Jae-in issued a thorough re-investigation into Jang's case as well as a proper investigation into the Burning Sun scandal and the sex scandal of former high-ranking Ministry of Justice official, Kim Hak-eui. Her cremated remains were buried next to her parents in Jeongeup, North Jeolla province. Jang's funeral was held there on 9 March, and was attended by family, friends and fellow actors, including Boys Over Flowers lead Ku Hye-sun. Kim was sentenced to one year in jail, two years of probation and 160 hours of community service.Īpproximately 250,000 fans visited Jang's website on the day of her death to express their condolences, with a further 700,000 visiting the site the following day, while the entire cast of Boys Over Flowers paid their last respects at the mourning hall set up at the Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang. Twenty figures were investigated by the police, resulting in seven prosecutions. At the time of his arrest, Kim stated that he "committed a crime in South Korea and overstayed in Japan to avoid being arrested". Korean police requested Kim's extradition on a warrant related to Jang's death. The former manager of Jang's management agency, Kim Sung-hoon, was arrested in Tokyo, Japan in June 2009 for overstaying his visa. Later on, it was also reported that the 7-page note might not be directed by Jang herself.
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South Korean police have suppressed the full list. It was unconfirmed that Jang wrote a 7-page note listing at least 31 names of media executives, CEOs, and directors that she claimed she was forced into having sex with. Kim Sung-hoon, who was in Japan, denied the accusations. Jang is believed to have killed herself at around 4:30 pm.Īccording to widespread South Korean entertainment news reports, it was believed that Jang claimed that her agent Kim Sung-hoon had regularly beaten her and forced her to sleep with a string of VIPs, including directors, media executives and CEOs. to find her body hanging from the stairway banister.Ī police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide, and found no evidence of foul play. Having later been unable to reach her on the phone, Jang's sister returned to their shared home at 7:42 p.m. that afternoon, Jang had complained to her sister about the "overwhelming stress" she was under, saying that she "wanted to die". Jang committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in the Bundang district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi province, on 7 March 2009.
After three witness testified against the CEO, Kim was found guilty of abuse by the Korean courts, specifically of forcing girls from his agency to come to his birthday party where he forced them to entertain the executives. Her death caused a national scandal in 2009 when it was widely spread by the media that she had been sexually and physically abused by a number of prominent entertainment executives during her career, most importantly the CEO of Jang's former talent agency, The Contents Entertainment, Kim Sung-hoon.
The 2009 investigation concluded that her death was a suicide at first, and was reopened in 2018. She had been suffering from depression, and it was revealed in 2019 that the initial investigation into her death in 2009 was corrupted and false.
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She was known for being part of the KBS television drama series Boys Over Flowers as Sunny, one of the antagonists of the series.Īt the time of her death at the age of 29, Jang had been starring in Boys Over Flowers. She debuted in the entertainment industry when she appeared in a television commercial in 2006. She was born in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Jang Ja-yeon (Korean: 장자연 25 January 1980 – 7 March 2009) was a South Korean actress.
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