By Mark Pollard | Published December 4, 2009

Remember Tony Jaa’s directing meltdown back in July where he walked off the set of ONG BAK 2? It looks like there is still fallout from that episode. The Bangkok Post reports that a Korean woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Thai martial arts star Tony Jaa for allegedly breach of a loan contract worth one million bhat ($30,000).

The lawsuit, filed by Park Aun-hee through her lawyer, claims that Jaa signed a contract to borrow the sum from her on July 4 and that Jaa promised to repay the loan after ONG BAK 2, the movie he was working on at the time, was completed and screened.

Park claims Jaa never made the payment as promised and is asking the court to order the actor to pay the sum originally agreed upon in addition to 7.5 percent interest.

In response, Jaa stated that he and Park were business partners and that the dispute was a complicated matter.

Back in July, Jaa had walked off the set of ONG BAK 2 due to stress and apparent financial setbacks. In addition to starring and choreographing the action, this was also Jaa’s first film directing job. He eventually returned with the support of the studio and his mentor Panna Rittikrai who took over directing for the remainder of the shoot.

On a happier note, despite Jaa’s setbacks related to ONG BAK 2, ONG BAK 3 is still currently in production, although Wise Kwai says Jaa is currently taking a break to spend the holiday with his parents.

There is also a rumor spreading over at Twitch that Raymond Wong is trying to get a HK$150 million dream project together called VANGUARD and he wants Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa in it together. This is unconfirmed so far and may never happen but we can all dream.

Source: Bangkok Post

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