Police have cleared the ex-boyfriend of TV personality Park Na-rae, 41, who was accused of passing the personal information of Park's managers to police.
According to police on the 31st, the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul decided on the 18th not to refer Park Na-rae's ex-boyfriend, identified only as A, who had been accused of violating the Personal Information Protection Act.
The case began when A suspected that Park Na-rae's managers committed the theft at her Yongsan residence. A was accused of receiving their names and resident registration numbers on the grounds of "signing up for insurance" and providing them to police.
In the non-referral decision, police said, "It is acknowledged that A provided the personal information of the victimized managers to the investigative agency," but added, "While A claims to have sought the victims' consent, the victims have been avoiding contact from the investigative agency and have not given victim statements," explaining the reason for the decision.
Police determined there was no evidence to substantiate A's alleged offense. They also said it would be difficult to recognize charges even if someone had instructed or aided A to act this way.
Park Na-rae reported to police in April last year that valuables worth tens of millions of won had been stolen from her home in Yongsan District.
Initially, based on statements from Park Na-rae's side, police believed it was highly likely that an insider connected to Park Na-rae had stolen the valuables. However, the person actually apprehended by police turned out to be an unrelated man in his 30s with a criminal record. The man's two-year prison sentence was finalized on the 16th of last month.