Broadcaster Park Na-rae has been engulfed in allegations of "illegal medical practice," and her agency's immediate rebuttal has intensified the controversy.
On the 6th, Park Na-rae's agency, Anpark, told OSEN that "all that happened was receiving vitamin injections from someone with a medical license," denying the allegations of illegality.
Earlier the same day, Dispatch reported that Park Na-rae received an IV drip from a "sister who gives injections" in a private home and that there were circumstances suggesting possible proxy prescriptions for antidepressants. The outlet claimed, based on published photos and conversation records, that "the woman giving injections is not a doctor, and all of Park Na-rae's medical procedures were illegal."
Park Na-rae's legal representative, attorney Lee Se-jung of Lee & Ko, earlier stressed that there was no illegality, saying, "She was busy with filming schedules and could not visit the clinic, so she only asked the doctor and nurse from the hospital she usually goes to to make a house call."
The agency also explained to OSEN that day, "She met the woman who gives injections at a hospital for the first time, later became acquainted with her, and requested a house call when her schedule was tight and it was difficult."
However, since Dispatch's report raised the claim that the "sister who gives injections" is not a medical professional, the two sides' accounts over the facts are sharply at odds.
Meanwhile, Park Na-rae has recently been repeatedly accused by former managers of abuse of power, special injury, proxy prescription, and nonpayment of event fees. The former managers have filed for provisional seizure and have indicated they will file a damages suit in the 100 million won range.
The agency flatly denied the allegations, saying, "They are not true."
The agency appealed, "As time passed, they added new claims and raised their demanded amounts to several hundred million won. Ms. Park Na-rae has suffered psychological shock from the sudden resignations, subsequent demands for money and media pressure."
They have since filed a complaint accusing the former managers of extortion and have taken legal action.
There are two major issues related to the so-called Park Na-rae injection. Whether the place and circumstances where Park Na-rae received the IV drip constitute a violation of the Medical Service Act, and whether the person called the "sister who gives injections" is actually a medical professional. With the two sides' claims sharply conflicting, the controversy could shift significantly depending on the investigating authorities' findings. As allegations surrounding Park Na-rae emerge one after another, attention is focused on further explanations and legal judgments to come.<
[photo] OSEN DB
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