Broadcaster Park Na-rae has begun a counterattack against her former managers. Park Na-rae, who explained allegations of power harassment and operating a one-person agency without registration, detected that the former managers embezzled corporate funds and plans to determine the scale and take action.
On the 3rd, Park Na-rae's former managers claimed not only simple unfair treatment but also specific and serious criminal allegations such as workplace harassment, special injury, proxy prescriptions, and nonpayment of appearance fees, and filed an application for provisional seizure of real estate with the Seoul Western District Court while foreshadowing a lawsuit seeking damages of 100 million won.
In response to the former managers' revelations, Park Na-rae said, "After receiving their severance pay, the former managers additionally demanded an amount equivalent to 10% of the company's previous year's sales. The requested amount also gradually increased to reach several hundred million won," and "The suspicions raised by some media outlets will be clarified through legal procedures in the future. Our company will faithfully clarify the facts and carry out necessary measures."
Regarding the controversy over operating a one-person agency without registration, she explained, "We have recently confirmed that registration for popular culture and arts planning business was delayed. That work was the part 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."
Park Na-rae has suffered great emotional strain and mental shock from the sudden resignations of staff she worked with, the ensuing baseless claims, increasing demands for money, and pressure through the media, but she decided to continue participating normally in programs she is appearing on without suspending activities. Currently Park Na-rae appears on MBC "Save me! Homes", MBC I Live Alone, and tvN Amazing Saturday, and is set to appear in the upcoming MBC new variety show "I am excited, too". Park Na-rae is determined to continue her activities so as not to harm her colleagues.
Along with this, Park Na-rae struck back against the former managers' revelations. According to OSEN reporting on the 6th, Park Na-rae's side detected embezzlement of corporate funds by the former managers and launched an investigation to determine the scale. After the investigation results are out, they plan to take actions such as filing a complaint, with Park Na-rae's side saying, "We have determined that the former managers embezzled corporate funds, and we plan to file a complaint for embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes."
Meanwhile, Park Na-rae was also embroiled in allegations of violating the Medical Service Act. On the 6th, Dispatch reported that Park Na-rae received illegal medical treatment in a place that was not a medical institution. According to the report, Park Na-rae received injection procedures at an officetel in Ilsan that was not a medical institution, and there was also a manager's proxy prescription. In addition, the released message content showed a person called "injection aunt" saying, "I'm gathering prescriptions to prepare a lot right now," collecting antidepressants and giving them without a prescription.
In this regard, Park Na-rae's legal representative, Lee Se-jung of law firm Lee & Ko, told a media outlet, "After comprehensively reviewing the related materials, the parties' routes of entry, conversations, and text messages, there is nothing legally problematic about Park Na-rae's medical treatment. Because Park Na-rae had a busy shooting schedule and it was difficult for her to visit the hospital, she simply requested a house call from the doctor and nurse of the clinic she usually attends and received an IV, and this is a legal medical service widely used by ordinary patients."
[OSEN]