Giants star Jung Hoo Lee briefly stopped at LAX over 'paperwork issue'

San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was concisely stopped astatine Los Angeles International Airport connected Wednesday implicit what the squad described arsenic a "paperwork issue." 

According to aggregate reports, Lee was returning to the United States from his location successful South Korea erstwhile helium was stopped due to the fact that of missing paperwork. 

San Francisco Giants' Jung Hoo Lee hits a azygous during the 3rd inning of a shot crippled against the St. Louis Cardinals successful St. Louis, Missouri, connected Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

His agent, Scott Boras, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the incidental was "not thing governmental oregon thing similar that," and that helium was released aft astir an hr erstwhile the paperwork contented was resolved. 

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"We are moving politically and with migration and the Giants to get verifications," Boras told the outlet earlier the substance was resolved. "I’m not definite what was lacking but it was thing with the due paperwork. I deliberation helium conscionable forgot 1 of the documents."

The Giants released a connection saying that Lee "experienced a little question contented astatine LAX owed to a paperwork issue." 

A wide presumption of the aerial postulation power operation astatine Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Air postulation controllers enactment without wage arsenic the authorities shutdown passes the 30-day people successful Inglewood, California, connected Oct. 31, 2025. (Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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"The substance was rapidly clarified with the due authorities, and helium has since been cleared to proceed his travel. We admit the professionalism of each parties involved."

Lee, 27, signed a six-year woody with the Giants successful December 2023, but helium missed astir of his rookie play successful 2024 aft undergoing season-ending country for a dislocated shoulder. The woody was reportedly worthy $113 million.

Jung Hoo Lee (51) of the San Francisco Giants is pictured earlier the crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine American Family Field successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, connected Aug. 23, 2025. (John Fisher/Getty Images)

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He batted .266 with 8 location runs and 55 RBI with 10 stolen bases implicit 150 games this past play contempt the Giants missing the playoffs for the 4th consecutive season.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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