Recently, as Park Na-rae has been embroiled in allegations including power harassment and forcing others to drink, the aftermath involving actor Lee Seo-jin, who visited 'Narae Bar,' is being reexamined.
Lee Seo-jin grants on KBS2's Happy Together 4, which aired in October 2018, and exposed the truth about 'Narae Bar' run by Park Na-rae.
On that day, Park Na-rae said on the broadcast, "Lee Seo-jin, who was carried out from Narae Bar after passing out drunk. I transferred Narae Bar, but you'll come again, right?"
Hearing this, Cho Sae-ho said, "According to what I heard, Lee Seo-jin volunteered first and said he wanted to go to Narae Bar," and Lee Seo-jin complained, "Those things keep getting exaggerated."
Jun Hyun-moo asked, "How did you end up going (to Narae Bar)?" and Lee Seo-jin explained, "When Narae and (Kim) Se-jeong and I were doing a program back then, Narae came out and that's when I got to know Narae. But Narae was so thankful then and said she wanted to invite me once, so I said, 'Okay, I'll go once.'"
Yu Jae-seok relayed a rumor, saying, "At that time, the story I heard was that they complained why the side dishes weren't coming out so fast, and they were told to just drink the yaganmunju, so they gave them yaganmunju, and that person finished a whole bottle alone and was carried out, that's the story I know," and Lee Seo-jin corrected, "Actually, I didn't pass out and get carried out."
Yu Jae-seok said, "I heard he got drunk eating yaganmunju alone," and Lee Seo-jin said, "It's true I was drunk, but I left early," adding, "It wasn't the kind of atmosphere to stay that long."
When asked, "Was the atmosphere off?" he confessed, "I don't really like staying at home long and things like that. So I left early, but after that Narae kept talking about it on broadcasts and somehow it got exaggerated," and he drew a line at the remark, "According to Narae's message, someone was carried out," saying, "That's not true at all."
Jun Hyun-moo said, "I thought you were carried out in the dawn," surprised, and Lee Seo-jin pointed out, "Not at all. They kept adding ridiculous things like saying I was carried out and that I screamed," Yu Jae-seok checked the facts, asking, "Did you walk out on your own?" and Lee Seo-jin raised the issue, "Of course. I had filming the next day so I said I'd leave around 11 and went out. I didn't need to be supported or anything like that. So when those things keep getting added on..."
He confessed, "Then Narae once sent a text saying, 'If you keep doing this you'll be sued.' She also sent, 'Our company will sue you,'" and Yu Jae-seok said, "Narae went that far in what she said," adding, "She asked when the certified letter would arrive."
Lee Seo-jin said, "After that she said, 'Oppa, I'm so sorry,' and then she stopped contacting me. From what I heard, Narae was so frightened at the time that she said she was too scared to contact me," and Jun Hyun-moo explained, "Because Lee Seo-jin made the joke so seriously, she really thought a certified letter would come."
Yu Jae-seok asked, "Did you put wavy things in the text?" and Jun Hyun-moo asked, "No emoticons, right?" Lee Seo-jin revealed, "I don't know how to use those things, so I only sent three exclamation points," and Yu Jae-seok said, "That's a warning." Jun Hyun-moo joked, "Doesn't that mean she hired a lawyer?" and Cho Sae-ho asked, "Then as an answer to the question, Narae Bar transferred, right? Would you be willing to visit again?"
Lee Seo-jin said, "Of course if I'm invited I would be willing to go," but he warned again, "But if she keeps coming out and adding more on broadcasts, then a lawsuit could fly in. A certified letter could really arrive. I'm fine, but from our company's standpoint, as it keeps getting embellished the content..."
Meanwhile, Park Na-rae was recently accused of power harassment such as forcing a former manager to attend drinking gatherings, running errands for side dishes, and cleaning up after parties. In addition, allegations of proxy prescriptions, illegal medical practices and embezzlement were raised, and the former managers claimed damages from Park Na-rae and applied to the Seoul Western District Court to provisionally seize real estate worth 100 million won and then filed a complaint with the Seoul Gangnam Police Station on embezzlement charges. In response, Park Na-rae sued the former managers on attempted extortion charges, saying they demanded money with baseless claims.
Meanwhile, circumstances were uncovered that she received illegal medical treatment such as intravenous injections from an unlicensed so-called 'injection aunt' and received psychotropic medicines, and Park Na-rae rebutted that she only received a house call from a licensed medical practitioner. But controversies over the unlicensed 'injection aunt' and even the existence of a 'ringer aunt' surfaced, and the allegations gradually grew, leading Park Na-rae to announce her withdrawal and suspension of activities from all programs including I Live Alone, 'Save Me! Homes', and Amazing Saturday. She added, "There are parts of the current allegations that need to be calmly verified for factual accuracy, and legal procedures are underway. I will not make any additional public statements or explanations during that process."
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