A former manager who tried to extort comedian Park Na-rae by blackmailing her has been arrested.
According to police on the 21st, the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul arrested a person surnamed Shin, who worked as Park's exclusive manager, on the 16th on suspicion of attempted extortion and occupational embezzlement, among other charges.
Shin argued that Park used company funds for a personal purpose for a man she had dated in the past. Shin is suspected of pressuring Park to make regular payments equal to 10% of the company's total sales for 2024 in exchange for not disclosing this private matter to the media or the public. In addition, Shin is also suspected of siphoning off about 30 million won of Park's company money for personal use.
Meanwhile, investigators also completed questioning of another former manager suspected of conspiring in the blackmail with Shin and, on the same day, referred the person to prosecutors without detention.