Comedian Park Na-rae's controversy continues to draw suspicions about the identity of her ex-boyfriend.
The conflict between Park Na-rae and her former manager has become increasingly dramatic as exposés, leaks and rebuttals have surfaced. Amid the two people's spiraling mudslinging, another figure is drawing attention. It is Park Na-rae's ex-boyfriend.
Through Park Na-rae's media interviews and former managers' rebuttal statements, Park Na-rae's ex-boyfriend appears to be not just an ordinary acquaintance but one of the key triggers of embezzlement suspicions and allegations of poor company management.
Park Na-rae described her ex-boyfriend as "a friend who majored in business administration and studied accounting," "he handled practical work such as ledger preparation and contract review instead of an accounting team that only handled tax affairs," and "he was more deeply involved in company affairs than I was, and he had the ability, so I paid him a salary and officially hired him," while the former manager described him as "a nonprofessional who attended college for only one semester and then dropped out," implying that he lacked expertise in management or accounting yet was hired because they were in a romantic relationship.
Regarding allegations of monetary transactions, Park Na-rae acknowledged sending the jeonse deposit to her ex-boyfriend with company funds but said it was a loan for employee welfare and that after the accounting team checked it, collateral was set and interest payments were made normally. In response, the former manager alleged that Park Na-rae used the corporate card to pay for luxury gifts for her ex-boyfriend and revealed that even though the newly hired accountant pointed out the issue, it was not corrected.
According to Park Na-rae's interview, her ex-boyfriend appears to have been deeply involved in overall company operations beyond being a simple employee. In the part where Park Na-rae said, "He reviewed most of the contracts related to me," it can be inferred that he was in a position that knew and managed the company's cash flow and legal documents in more detail than Park Na-rae, the representative.
This increases the likelihood that Park Na-rae's ex-boyfriend could become a sore spot and a time bomb for Park Na-rae. Hiring a romantic partner as an employee is not illegal in itself, but allegations that a college dropout was presented as a business administration graduate could escalate into a lying scandal that deals a severe blow to morality, and if, as the former managers claim, gift expenses for the boyfriend were charged to the corporate card, that would clearly constitute embezzlement in the course of business, making it difficult to avoid legal punishment if a specific explanation is not provided.
From the private life leak alleging sexual activity in a car driven by the manager, the true nature of Park Na-rae's ex-boyfriend, whose identity had been curious, is slowly emerging. As someone who could be a trigger rather than a mere peripheral figure in the case, attention will focus on whether he will appear directly in court as a witness or in another capacity.
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