Jang is believed to have killed herself at around 4:30 pm. Ī police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide, and found no evidence of foul play. to find her body hanging from the stairway banister. 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". She was found hanging in 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. 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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