Comedienne Park Na-rae retracted her remark that it was her "last statement" and spoke up a month later. But assessments that she lost more than she gained and analyses that Pandora's box has been opened are dominant.
On the 14th, Park Na-rae's interview and former manager A's interview were released. While Park Na-rae poured out her grievances, the former manager rebutted them.
A said that the claim by Park Na-rae that the special injury was not true and that she criticized him because prop preparation was inadequate was not a mere work-related reprimand, and that he had already submitted injury medical certificates issued by hospitals for two special injury incidents to the police as evidence. A criticized Park Na-rae's attitude of trying to downplay the situation by pointing to props.
A then addressed the issue of settlement money and penalty fees, saying that regarding Park Na-rae's side's claim that "they made excessive demands, such as demanding compensation of 30 million won per statement in addition to the settlement money," "30 million won was a mutual agreement and rather Park Na-rae demanded 1 billion won," and challenged them to publish the original settlement if they were confident.
Park Na-rae's side's claim that her ex-boyfriend was hired because he majored in business administration, studied accounting and had practical skills was also rebutted. A said, "He attended one semester of university and then dropped out," directly denying the expertise Park Na-rae claimed. He also alleged that Park Na-rae continuously charged personal expenditures such as gifts for her ex-boyfriend to the corporate card.
Regarding the suspicion that she fled to the United States, she explained, "It is convalescence, not escape, and I have undergone all the investigations," and said she completed both the accused and accuser investigations before departure. A said she would return to Korea whenever necessary.
With the release of Park Na-rae's interview and the former managers' interviews, analyses that she lost more than she gained are emerging. The former managers' revelations and leaks of private life were a gambit to relieve immediate frustration, but ultimately it is highly likely to become a misstep that allows the other side to bring out concrete evidence.
What Park Na-rae gained is that she cracked the managers' credibility. By disclosing specific amounts, such as demanding 500 million won in settlement money and 30 million won per episode if the settlement terms were revealed, she left suspicion that the managers demanded excessive sums. She also succeeded in gaining some public sympathy by portraying the dawn meeting as a narrative of being betrayed by people she trusted and by the leak of her private life.
But she lost more. After Park Na-rae's interview, the former managers said they received medical certificates and submitted them to the police, revealing circumstances that physical threats or injuries actually existed. Regarding the settlement, it was reported that Park Na-rae's side demanded 1 billion won if disclosed, highlighting only the other side's demands and leading to criticism that she misled public opinion and deceived the public. Although she sought to justify the hiring of her ex-boyfriend, suspicions of parachute hiring and aiding embezzlement surfaced. Moreover, because proxy prescriptions and illegal medical procedures were also admitted, attempts to tarnish the other's credibility resulted in analyses that she herself suffered greater damage.
Now the battle over the truth has moved from emotional appeals to fact-checking. If she cannot refute the settlement, medical certificates and corporate card statements with clear physical evidence, Park Na-rae will be embroiled in controversies over lies. Attention is focused on how Park Na-rae's interview, which for now appears to have lost more than it gained, will play out in courtroom disputes.
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