A bar staff and former actress surnamed Park was sentenced to prison after being proven to have blackmailed the late South Korean actor Lee Sun Kyun. They blackmailed Lee Sun Kyun up to 350 million won.
The 30-year-old bar staff member surnamed Kim was sentenced by the Incheon District Court to 3.5 years in prison, citing the Korea JoongAng Daily website, on Monday, December 23, 2024. The 29-year-old former actress surnamed Park was sentenced to 4 years and two months in prison.
Park was proven to have blackmailed Lee Sun Kyun for 50 million won. Meanwhile, Kim blackmailed the Parasite movie star for 300 million won, claiming that his phone had been hacked. Kim demanded hush money from the late Lee Sun Kyun by threatening to leak information.
Kim is known to have worked at a high-end bar in the Gangnam area of South Korea, which was reportedly frequented by Lee Sun Kyun when he was alive. Investigators later discovered Kim's phone hacker was an acquaintance of his, former actress Park. They lived in the same apartment complex.
Park disguises himself as a hacker to extort money from Kim, claiming to have evidence of his drug use and his relationship with Lee Sun Kyun. When he fails to extort money from Kim, Park targets Lee Sun Kyun and obtains 50 million won.
Meanwhile, Park and Kim's crimes came to light during Lee Sun Kyun's trial for alleged drug use in October 2023. However, while still under investigation, Lee Sun Kyun was found dead from suicide in his car in Waryong Park, northern Jongno-gu, Seoul.
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