Get To Know The Default That Caused Jefri Nichol To Be Compensated For Up To IDR 4.2 Billion

Jefri Nichol (Raga Granada / VOI)

JAKARTA - Actor Jefri Nichol was found guilty of a case of default reported by Falcon Pictures. As a result of this decision, Jefri and two other people, namely the mother Junita Eka Putri and her former manager, had to pay compensation money of IDR 4.2 billion.

"At the trial, Jefri was declared in default. Jefri, his mother, and his former manager as defendant three were found to have defaulted on us. Earlier, the panel of judges stated that Jefri was sentenced to compensate Rp4.2 billion in damages," said Falcon Pictures attorney. Debby Astuti in the interview video uploaded to the Instagram account @lambe_turah, Thursday, December 17.

This lawsuit was filed by Falcon Pictures on February 21 at the South Jakarta District Court. Jefri was named Defendant I, Junita Eka Putri was Defendant II, and his former manager was named as the third defendant who was suspected of having committed acts of default since June 1, 2019.

After the trial rolled around, the production house submitted a number of supporting evidence to substantiate the allegations in the lawsuit. Subsequently, the judge decided to grant Falcon Picture's suit.

After the compensation suit was granted by the panel of judges, Debby hoped Jefry and two other people could cooperate and settle the verdict that had been ruled by the judge.

"Because it is clear that he has committed default. There has been an agreement that has been made with PT Falcon since April 2018 but according to what was previously conveyed by the assembly it is proven that Jefri has never fulfilled his obligations, his work is with us," he said.

In addition, he also reminded Jefri to immediately finalize this decision. "We will seek to find or hunt down all of his assets to pay his obligations of Rp. 4.2 billion," said Debby.

So what is meant by this default?

Reporting from hukumonline.com, default which is the realm of civil law is an act in the form of not carrying out what is promised; carry out what was promised; carry out what was promised but too late; or do something that the agreement cannot do.

As a follow-up, the party who feels aggrieved due to this action can demand fulfillment of the agreement, cancel the agreement, or ask for losses to the party who is considered to have defaulted.

This compensation can also take various forms. Starting from the actual costs incurred by the party who feels aggrieved to paying the losses incurred and the interest.

This default is also different from fraud that falls into the realm of criminal law, namely Article 378 of the Criminal Code. Fraud is carried out based on the deliberate factor of the perpetrator while default is the opposite. This action usually occurs because of an error or the inability of the perpetrator to complete the agreement that has been made with the other party.