Park Na-rae's former manager has been arrested and handed over to prosecutors on charges of extortion. However, Park Na-rae is also facing charges of assault against her former manager. The allegations from both parties are being investigated as separate cases by different police departments.
According to police on July 21, the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul has sent Shin, Park Na-rae's former manager, to prosecutors in custody. Shin was arrested on July 16.
Shin is accused of demanding a sum equivalent to 10% of the company's revenue for 2024 in exchange for not disclosing claims that Park Na-rae misused company funds for personal expenses related to her ex-boyfriend.
Police have also charged Shin with embezzling approximately 30 million won of company funds. Another former manager, who faces similar extortion charges, has been sent to prosecutors without detention.
Park Na-rae's side claims that her former managers demanded additional payments after receiving their severance packages last December, with the amount escalating to several hundred million won, leading to their complaint of extortion. They later added charges of embezzlement.
The former managers have denied the embezzlement allegations. Previously, Shin's side argued that the disputed expenditures were made with Park Na-rae's agreement and approval, asserting that he did not have the authority to execute them unilaterally.
The recent arrest does not imply that the allegations of abuse of power against Park Na-rae are unfounded. Both Park and her former managers have filed complaints against each other, and police are investigating the cases separately.
The former managers allege that Park Na-rae assigned them personal errands, verbally abused them, and even threw a drink at one of them, causing injury. The Gangnam Police Station in Seoul forwarded charges of special assault and violations of the Information and Communications Network Act against Park Na-rae to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on July 10.
Park Na-rae has denied the allegations during three police interrogations from February to May. Police concluded that some of the charges were substantiated and forwarded the case to prosecutors. Investigations are ongoing regarding allegations that Park received illegal medical procedures from a so-called 'nurse.'
* This article has been translated by AI.
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