Comedian Park Narae strongly denied the "power abuse" allegations made by former managers and will continue her activities. Despite great psychological burden and mental shock, Park Narae intends to keep her promises to colleagues and viewers.
On the 5th, Park Narae's side said, "Two employees who worked with Park Narae for about 1 year and 3 months recently left our company, and the company paid their severance pay properly. However, after receiving their severance pay, those employees additionally demanded an amount equal to 10% of the company's previous year's sales," sharply denying the former managers' disclosures.
Park Narae's side said, "The company is a one-person agency operating with a small staff, and we recently confirmed that registration for public cultural and artistic planning business was delayed. That task was handled by the former employees who raised the issue, and it appears they falsely reported at the time that all registration procedures had been completed. After they left, they leaked this information to the media, and through related reporting inquiries the company became fully aware of the situation. We deeply reflect on operational shortcomings and are promptly carrying out proper procedures," adding, "Also, over time they continued to add new claims and kept pressuring Park Narae and the company, and the amount requested accordingly gradually increased to reach the scale of several hundred million won. Park Narae is suffering great psychological burden and mental shock from the sudden departure of employees she worked with, the ensuing groundless claims, growing monetary demands, and pressure through the media."
They continued, "The company and Park Narae recognize operational shortcomings and have no intention of evading responsibility for any wrongdoing. However, faced with continuing unnecessary misunderstandings and pressure caused by claims that differ from the facts, we determined we can no longer be dragged by unilateral demands. Accordingly, after legal review we have decided to take the necessary legal measures."
On the 4th, according to Dispatch, Park Narae's former managers on the 3rd filed an application for provisional seizure of real estate at the Seoul Western District Court and warned of a lawsuit seeking about 100 million won in damages. They alleged not only simple mistreatment but also specific and serious criminal charges including ▲workplace harassment ▲special injury ▲proxy prescription ▲nonpayment of production expenses, and said they were forced into off-duty personal orders such as being forced to drink at gatherings, fetching side dishes, cleaning up after parties, and even being forced to act as household helpers for family members.
In particular, claims that they were verbally abused for not drinking, or injured by thrown drink glasses, and allegations of proxy prescriptions that could violate the Medical Service Act emerged, causing shock. But Park Narae's side flatly denied the former managers' disclosures, saying, "Some of the allegations raised by certain media outlets will be clarified through future legal procedures."
Suffering great psychological burden and mental shock from the sudden departure of employees she worked with, the ensuing groundless claims, growing monetary demands, and pressure through the media, Park Narae decided not to suspend her activities. OSEN's reporting found that Park Narae will continue to appear normally on current shows including MBC's "Save Me! Homes", "I Live Alone", and tvN's "Amazing Saturday", as well as new programs MBC's "Na Do Shin Na" and Disney+'s "Fate War 49". A close associate of Park Narae said, "I can't cause trouble for the people appearing on the programs with me, and although this situation has happened, she plans to do as much as she can."
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