Former baseball participant Lim Hye-dong arrives on the Seoul Central District Courtroom for his arrest warrant listening to on July 4, 2024. (Yonhap)
A former baseball participant has been ordered to pay a considerable penalty to San Diego Padres’ shortstop Kim Ha-seong for violating an settlement between the 2.
The Seoul Central District Courtroom dominated in Kim’s favor on Friday in a lawsuit towards Lim Hye-dong for breach of contract, mandating the defendant to pay 800 million received ($597,000).
The dispute originated from a scuffle between the 2 at a Seoul bar in February 2021. Lim had demanded a settlement from Kim, who was then finishing his obligatory navy service. Kim agreed, paying Lim 4 million received on the situation that Lim would neither contact him nor have interaction in any actions detrimental to Kim sooner or later. Nonetheless, Lim breached this settlement by persistently contacting Kim.
Late final yr, Kim filed each a prison criticism towards Lim on fees of blackmail and a civil lawsuit in search of damages for the contract violation.
Lim’s temporary baseball profession started when he joined the Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom Heroes) as a pitcher in 2015, however he left the group the next yr.
